in edgemont township problems with gradyville road causing it to be closed.ith route three or baron road for alternates. matt. >> thanks matt. >>> crews are working to clean up the charred mess from a strip mall fire. the hope is that some businesss in that area can reopen today. >>> "action news" reporter katherine scott is live along 69th street with today's update. katherine. >> reporter: that's right, matt, that is the hope, that some of these businesses will be able to reopen today but it depends on the crews' progress and they have been working to tear down some of the walls at the payless. you can see this morning that the block is still closed. a police officer is positioned right here at the front of the block. there's no cars, no pedestrians and perhaps most importantly to these businesses, no shoppers. crews were still at work overnight on the unit block of 69th street in upper darby the site as much monday evening's fire in payless shoe stores. most of the neighboring stores have been closed since that fire. some shoppers turned up tuesday only to

after a fast moving fire damages two homes in delaware the flames broke out on the unit block of edgemont in newcastle county. david henry has the latest. >> reporter: police and fire investigators are trying to sort this one out there was a shooting on this block yesterday morning that let to the arrest of a 15-year-old boy and then a fire that damaged two hougss on the same block investigators are trying to figure out if the two events were row lated in some way. the 15-year-old was arguing on and off with a 27-year-old and the boy later shot the man in the legs and he was treated

after a fast moving fire damages two homes in delaware the flames broke out on the unit block of edgemont in newcastle county. david henry has the latest. >> reporter: police and fire investigators are trying to sort this one out there was a shooting on this block yesterday morning that let to the arrest of a 15-year-old boy and then a fire that damaged two hougss on the same block investigators are trying to figure out if the two events were row lated in some way. the 15-year-old was arguing on and off with a 27-year-old and the boy later shot the man in the legs and he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and is in the hospital the boy is held on $50,000 cash bail and then a fire broke out two doors down from the boy's house and now investigators are trying to figure out if it was arson there was a squatter living there reportedly and was vacant. addy green was passing by when he smelled the smoke and alerted the neighbor. >> she knocked on my door crying and thanking me. i would do that for anybody. >> the woman was renting the house and it will take time to renovate the house

edgemont township, delaware county gradeyville road the road partially collapsed. -- shut down indefinitely. >>> time for the commuter report brought to you by the waze app in the lehigh valley valley. westbound 78 watch out for a vehicle stopped on the shoulder. thanks to uncle hottie reporting that to us. >> a british airways flight was diverted because a passenger assaulted his traveling companion according to police. the plane was heading from london to houston and stopped in boston instead. officials say others had to restrain the passenger in the plane, they believe the man was intoxicated. police arrested him and he is expected to be in court later today. >>> armed with a bat two women came to the rescue of a young man in the middle of a brawl. one man is on the ground with another man on top of him as another man takes off the victim's shoes and seconds later two women appear one is holding a baseball ballot. bat. the at aickers take off. nobody has charged with a crime. >>> a male manager in a pa panera restaurant brutally smacked down a woman. the woman i

philadelphia police to track down an alleged killer chopper 6 hd was over the 4600 block of edge edge edgemont street in port richmond, that is where police took the gunman into custody. they say he shot a 21-year-old man on orthodox street and officers rushed him to the hospital where he later died. >>> the philadelphia police department will now begin naming officers that are involved in shootings, the decision reverses a long time departmental policy until now the department refused to release names of officers involved in shootings citing safety concerns under the new policy the officer's name will be released within 72 hours of a shooting unless there is a specific threat again the officer or members of his or her family. >>> we have talked about this problem before the theft of airbags from cars in the shop. there is a bandit at work again this time in the feltonville area. >> the thief is visible in this video, he climbed over the fence to get into the repair shop, goes from car to car breaking windows and opens doors to get at this, airbags, they are hot commodities, they can cost upwa

police say they arrested a suspect shortly after the shooting on edgemont street and recovered a weapon. >>> police in camden are investigating a double shooting that injured a man and woman overnight. those victims were reportedly shot during a traffic dispute. emergency crews found injured victims after they crash in the tree on the 200 block of south 27th street, two suspects are reportedly in custody. >>> the search ended this afternoon for a teenager who disappeared while swimming in a lake in gloucester county. kar i us boyar disappeared yesterday and his body was fund today. family and friend will gathered for a vigil at williamstown high school where boyar was going to be a senior in the fall. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan has more. >> you don't meet somebody like that often. >> reporter: broken hearts at williamstown high school after losing day yas boy era a a wrestler football player and most importantly friend. >> i'm not taking it good. last night i was at the football field and i was crying there. >> reporter: search teams cleared the area have of jackson road in

thinking the bridge will reopen by the end of the year but not until then and gradyville road in edgemontnship delaware county now closed. the road apparently collapsing in upon itself so that's blocked indefinitely. stick with route three west chester pike to get around that. erin. >> all right, thanks so much matt. >>> dramatic new dash cam video shows the moments a black bmw barrel need a utah state trooper. he had been helping a driver that hydroplane need a barrier when the bmw also lost control. the trooper has a few broken ribs but he is expected to make a full recovery. >> there's new information on a shooting death at the san francisco pier. the weapon used to kill an innocent woman may have belonged to a federal agent. francisco sanchez is charged with firing the gun last week. in court yesterday he maintained they found the gun picked it up and it accidentally went off. sources say the serial number shows the weapon belonged to an agent with the bureau of land management. sanchez is an illegal immigrant who had been deported five times. >> analyte-year-old boy has a powerful me

but a new issue this morning in edgemont township delaware county.dyville road is now closed between dell chester road and cedar knoll lane. the road is collapsing in on itself. they have to make repairs that could last several weeks. stay on route three or barren roads as alternates around gradyville road. elsewhere in delco getting used to the new closure of the aston mills road bridge over chester creek. that took effect monday lasting until late fall. you can use new road or concorde road as some alternates around that. still have the midday closure of knowlton road for a few more weeks. tonight in media dining under the stars will give us some local closures including state street. in bucks county a bunch of midday work zones are going to give us some issues. the bustleton pike closure going again today. route one at oxford valley road they'll be working on the overpass there that was damaged by a truck last week so 9:00 until 3:00 you'll see restriction there is along route one the soup highway and the milling and paving work continues during t

expired but again, one area, very small area, seeing between two and 3 inches of rain near vineland, edgemont and up toward new town square and route three. even that area all of the flooding has subsided. at the same time i was getting many pictures on facebook and twitter. a viewer sent this to me, from sinking spring on my twitter account just showing a couple of things here. the towering cumulus cloud with that sunshine kind of glistening and glowing the tops of the cloud darker cloud below that particular sunlight and there you can see that rain shaft at very small minute area, getting that heavy rainfall. that is a very clear picture of what hit or miss storms look like, rick. we will talk about more coming in tomorrow and then a big drop in humidity by end of the week in the accu weather forecast. >> we will check back in later, thank you. >>> a community came together this evening to march against violence in philadelphia. over the fourth of july weekend a 17 year-old girl was killed in one incident, three male victims were murdered in separate shootings over last three days. members

year the bridge will be reopened but for now it remains closed and one more closure is in delco, edgemontn gradyville road is blocked. stick with route three or barren road as alternates around that. matt. >> thank you matt. >>> this is new. a united airlines flight will to return to the airport in hawaii after sparks began flying from the engine. passenger on the flight from honolulu to san francisco started recording this on his cell phone. you can see that constant streak of orange coming from the engine. the pilot returned to honolulu to make an emergency landing with only one engine still working. >> was i scared? yeah. 'cause at that point in time there's like there's nothing you can do except sit there and watch it play out. what was amazing was that the rest of the folks in the plane did not panic and freak out. >> the pilots also dumped the plane's load of fuel before landing. the plane touched down safely without further problems. >> 6:16 now. new this morning a los angeles unified school district is taking new steps to stop students from sexting. the issue will be the subject o

chopper 6 hd was over edgemont street just before 2:00 this afternoon, that is where a map was taken into custody after a deadly shooting two blocks away. witnesses identified him as the gunman, they shot a man 20 minutes earlier on orthodox street despite officers rushing him to the hospital in their own suv, he died of multiple gunshot wounds and the suspect has not yet been charged. >>> they will not keep secret the names of officer involved in shootings, they will evaluate each case and release names if no threats are made against the officer or their family. it's that police share basic facts within two hours of a shooting they were criticized for waiting six months to release the officers named in the fatal traffic stop shooting of brandon tate brown. >>> here at the 1700 block driving with its bucket up accidentally came into contact with a delmarva line, it ripped it off a nearby home, causing a chimney to collapse. that pole then crashed on to a parked car carrier, despite all the damage, no one was injured. >> philadelphia was given a grope light for a popular vacation rent

new crash in springfield township, along bethlehem pike at paper mill road, and the road here in edgemont township has partially collapsed. gradiville road blocked indefinitely baron road is a possible alternate and state street closes again in 15 minutes again for dining under the stars that is a nice thing in chichester, close to the office basics look for a crash at 322 at creek parkway here at voorhees the hazmat spill taking out the right lane use 73 instead of tomlinson road. that remains under construction. we'll check it again at 5:00. >> thanks matt. >> meteorologist, adam joseph has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast next. i'm whoopi goldberg and new york is my home. there's no place like it in the world and no better place to lean about the people who shaped who we are today. hear about the lives of slaves in colonial new york and about the fight to abolish slavery. pick a stop on the underground railroad and visit the home and grave of one of new york's most controversial citizens. a journey in new york is a journey through history. plan you next trip at iloveny.com/

in penny hilltown ship edgemont road and route 13 there is construction with the left lane block. lauer than. >> thanks, sue. >>> happening today president obama will deliver keynote crest for n double ac p convention being held in center city. the president is expect to speak about criminal justice reform which is one of the priorities for this years convention. pennsylvania governor tom wolf and philadelphia's mayor michael nutter are also expect to be in attendance a at the convention today. >> you mentioned the mayor. he is hitting the road, again. so he went to italy and then puebla mexico and now he will intend to germany who will sign a sister sit a agreement. it is to encourage trade tourism and congress. the democrat will continue to tel aviv on friday. he will be there for three days. but it cannot be cheap on taxpayer's dime there. his whole entourage going with him overseas. >>> former eagle donovan mcnabb claims he was in the drunk but just sick. >> police in arizona were not convinced and they took him in custody last month. look at the video for yourself as steve ke

afternoon along bishop hollow road at gradyville road and of course gradyville itself remains closed in edgemont township partially collapsed last week so no word on when they'll be able to get that repaired but route three west chester pike gets you around the closure. meanwhile there's a crash noon east marlboro chester county at route 82 at the oxford bypass. across the state line downed liars along 100 at 92 to my sons bridge road. in wilmington we've got construction going on on the railroad tracks closing beech street all day today. mlk boulevard a possible alternate around that. we'll check it again rick and monica, coming up in the next half hour. >> watch your back, pelman, that's all i got to say, watch your back. [laughter] >> much more to come on "action news" at 5:00. a getaway one woman will never forget. the latest on the unexplained beach blast that left a vacationer unconscious and what the victim was doing before she was sent flying in the air. >> why doctors warn not to leave toenail polish on for the entire summer. ali gorman will have that story coming up and meteorologist m

saw anywhere from about two to 3-inches around places like media glenn mills and also around the edgemonta so that cell has lived on off to the north and east. pretty quiet right now but take a look off to the west. we'll watch this activity as continues to lift toward our area overnight. so pockets of some downpours. here's 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. so it could be a little bit of a wet commute depending on your locate but the heat, that is going to be building. we'll talk about potential heat wave with the seven day forecast coming up. back to you. >> thank you very much, scott. >>> grief stricken family has a message for the community as police go after the killer of 17-year-old anita cotton over the fourth of july weekend. tonight a vigil filled the streets of nicetown tioga stan starting a family members house it ended at the walgreens where cotton died over the weekend. family members toll the crowd they were not interest hood knew what about the night that anita cotton died and they asked the community to come together and look out for one another and just stop the violence. polic

police say they caught the shooter three blocks away on edgemont street and recovered a weapon. >>> we're waiting to learn more about an overnight shooting in camden that reportedly injured a woman victim may have been caught in the cross fire while driving. first responders reportedly noticed that she was shot after crashing in the tree on the 200 block of south 27th street. the victim was taken to the hospital in unknown condition. >>> there were no injuries in this balcony collapse in a west philadelphia apartment building the third floor balcony came down hard just before 4:00 a.m. on the 6200 block of chestnut street. the cause of that collapse has yet to be determined. >>> and investigators want to know if alcohol played a role in the deadly crash on route 309 in west rock hill bucks county. a car traveling south on 309 went off the road and slammed into a tree, before 11:00 o'clock last night. we know one person died at that scene, three others were rushed to the hospital. southbound rains of the 309 were closed during that investigation but that highway is all clear now. >>> a fal

you remember from last week in edgemont township delaware county, gradyville road partially collapsed that remains closed this afternoon. no word on when it will reopen but nearby this afternoon a tree is leaning on wires along bishop hollow road at gradyville road and that is a good spot to avoid. a crash earlier this afternoon on the schuylkill expressway multi vehicle on the eastbound side approaching gulph mills. it's off to the side but a bunch of police officers remain on the scene so it is attracting some attention causing a jam coming eastbound away from 202 on the schuylkill and on 295 in gloucester county as you head toward camden county there's a crash on the northbound side at route 45. traffic can squeeze by but it's cause something slowing. let's grab the ipad do the commuter report on this monday afternoon and one of our friends using the waze app talking about a crash along 295 northbound near route 38. there's also one there on the southbound side so multiple accidents on 295. we'll check it again brian and sarah coming up in the next half hour. >> all right, matt, se

chopper 6hd was over the 4600 block of edgemont street as robert diluzio was arrested.daniel santiago about 20 minutes earlier. santiago later died of multiple gun shot wounds. diluzio is facing murder and robbery charges but a motive has not yet been released. >>> philadelphia police say a man was able to make it into a tioga-nicetown bar early this morning despite having been shot in the groin. the shooting happened on the 2100 block of west hunting park avenue around 12:30 a.m. the victim only described as a man in his 20's staggered into walt's devil island bar for help. he was then rushed to the hospital in stable condition. no arrests have yet been made. >> a new jersey utility company's response to tuesday's storm is coming under review. lawmakers wrote to atlantic city electric to explain about a power failure. the company claims the review is standard protocol. legislators wandered governor christie to dee tear a state of emergency but christie says it wasn't warrant. >> a man was rescued after his kayak overturned while he was in the brandywine creek. a passer

edgemont township it's gradyville road shut down indefinitely.ester pike or maybe baron road as some alternates. >> thank you matt. live picture from our temple university camera showing a muggy center city philadelphia. dave murphy with the accuweather forecast. david. >> definitely meals muggy on the terrace, matt. take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan. a couple light sprinkles and showers have popped through areas of northern bucks county and the lehigh valley. they're moving to the east. a couple of month are in lancaster county may try and head into chester county before too much longer. light stuff for now. 79 degrees and muggy in philadelphia. and as we go through the afternoon it's going to be another very warm one with a high of 89 degrees. >>> humid conditions all the way. as we go later into the day and into the evening some drenching downpours are possible, perhaps a couple of gusty thunderstorms that will also produce some downpours. and you want to be careful of those in those spotty areas where they hit because they could