john rawlins has the details. >> reporter: amanda is playing with new puppy gracie and 13-year-old coco, her dogs. after items were thrown into her backyard. >> i think that someone is trying to tim date me. i don't want to say that it was the prn that poisoned bella, but it's possible. >> bella is her 1-year-old rottweiler, someone apparently killed bella with food laced with antifreeze. so make it more difficult, she replaced the low metal fence with a tall vinyl one and installed a camera. and someone, you can't see who tossed in a meaty bone and a pig's foot. >> we'll conduct stops and make sure the people belong there. >> she froze the pig's foot and hopes to find a lab to see if it's poisoned or not. i need to find a place where they can be tested, if there is anything on them trying to harm my new dog and chihuahua. she is baffled as to why someone is trying to cause her distress. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >>> hundreds of workers are rallying to protest the planned closure of an atlantic city casino. about 400 trump plaza workers are there and the protest comes after

live in vineland, john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> john, thank you for that.ew overnight fire forced three people out of their home in north philadelphia. the action cam found firefighters battling the blaze on the 2700 block of north 24th street at 2:30. there's smoke damage to neighboring homes, no injuries have been reported. >> just about 6:36-tony stewart's racing career claims on hold while police -- remains on hold while police investigate his roll in the killing of kevin world junior. world got out of his car and gestured toward the nascar champ. stewart struck ward killing. police say they have found nothing that stewart acted with criminal intent. stewart withdrew from the race yesterday and said words cannot express his sadness over ward's death. >>> supporters in center city watch taney shut out delaware 8-0. female phenom pitcher, monet davis baffled the boils -- the boys from newark. >> what team of destiny coming from philadelphia, couldn't be more proud. >> reporter: the players and coaches earned an all-expenses paid trip to williams burger, b

john rawlins live with more. >> reporter: rick, the authorities here have now identified the second victim as the couple's son, 35-year-old ryan. his body was found in the red brick house here. his death did not come to light until after the fatal attack at itlic called toy h dst ty aysdeniom' then atal t then shot himself. >> no evidence of an altercation prior to the shooting nor did the husband appear agitated as he entered the hospital. >> we had to provide access to care, he was visiting his loved one and that is normal process, signs in and goes to the patient room. >> laterl went to the couple's gl tdh couple share with their> det anr individual with gunshot wounds and that individual has been pronounced. >> dead, the couple's 35-year-old son, ryan. residents of quiet price avenue baffled the by the turn of events describing the family as reclusive. >> they keep to themselves, the only time i saw him was when he took the trash out or got in his car to go somewhere. >> they didn't cause trouble? >> no, no police calls, it was all quiet. >> reporter: well, as of this afternoon, author

live in vineland, john rawlins channel 6 "action news" back to you all. >> thank you, john. >>> new this morning, two cars collided along the boulevard and the impact left one of the vehicles upside down. it happened at 2:30 a.m. a chevy cavalier struck the crietz -- chrysler causing it to roll over on its roof. five people were hurt being checked out at local hospitals. >>> an army of police officers went after looters in ferguson, missouri, emotions spilled over after the shooting of an unarmed black. ferguson is a black suburb of saint louis, some civil rights leaders compared his death to the death of trayvon martin. the race of the police officer in the case has not been disclosed. a federal investigation may follow a local probe. >>> another cease-fire is in effect in the middle east, so far it's holding going on now for 12 hours. israel said it was not fired upon overnight it did not target suspected hamas targets. both sides agree to a 72 hour cease-fire brokered by egyptians. of peace talks could see assume in cairo. thousands have been caught in the crossfire of these clashes.

. >>> lets switch live to john rawlins in the atlantic city where the long holiday weekend is bringing another wave of casino closures to the struggling resort town. john, good afternoon to you. >> something of a melancholy mood here, this is perfect weather, the ends of summer ritual weekend, this area is bracing for a massive round of layoffs. perfect temperatures and blue sky and thanks to a retreating storm, waves are attracting surfers but they said you should have been here yesterday. >> this morning, like a c plus. yesterday like a-plus. so it's not as good as yesterday? >> no not by any means close. >> but on the boardwalk the sky is not so blue and an economic tsunami is about to hit with 1600 plus casino workers about to lose their job. the trump plaza and the revel and the showboat. this in a town where unemployment is already 13%. visitors at the showboat says that the mood inside is grim. >> you go inside and talk to the workers and you look at them and want to do more for them. >> where are these people going to go, jobs are scarce as it is. putting 6,000 people out of wo

john rawlins is live in vined with the latest update. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, tam, well, this hit-and-run, this fatal hit-and-run was called into police at 9:00 p.m. last night. they were called to the 1,000 block of landis near the delsea drive intersection. the reports that someone was struck by a vehicle. when police got here they found the body of what they described a middle aged mail. he has not been publicly identified. they are having trouble locating next of kin. they are having trouble describing the hit-and-run vehicle. they will examine parts of the vehicle left at the scene. they are going to check with businesses along this commercial strip to see is if any video exists of the striking vehicle that will come later in the day once the businesses are opened up and they have access to any takes place that may have been made overnight. they have a fatal hit-and-run in vineland and live in vineland, john rawlins channel 6 "action news" back to you all. >> also new overnight, fire forced three people out of

john rawlins live outside of the church tonight. john? >> we're told the church can hold about 1,000 people. it was packed. it was a day of pain, of grief and path. family and loved ones gathered, as did elected officials. . here said they were strangers but felt it was important to come feeling the random killings could happen to anyone. >> i am the mother of three kids and this city is really getting bad with all of the violence. >> three caskets, three siblings. 7-year-old terrence moore, his 9-year-old brother, thomas reed, and big sister, 15 year old keiearra williams. the three cut down by an out of control s.u.v. driven by a carjacker. not among the grieving is the dead children's mother, keisha williams hit by the same vehicle remains hospitalized. a very loving and involved mother says one of the teachers. >> extremely involved in school. walking her children to school every day to make sure they were safe and nothing was going on and she came back to school and picked them up. >> july 25th williams and her three set up a fruit s

john rawlins is outside of the hospital and joins us with the latest. >> reporter: it was shortly after 9:00 when calls went out that there was a possible shooting at the kennedy hospital. now authorities allege that a man inside of a second floor room shot his wife and then turned the gun on himself. prosecutors office says that the wife has died and the husband is flown to the trauma center in camden and his condition is unknown. we talked to another gentlemen at the time this happened. he was here to visit his wife, also on the second floor. he was ushered out and told the hospital was on lockdown and subsequent he talked to his wife on the phone and heard several gun shots on the second floor and there were screams and sounds of panic and it was quiet quickly. sometime after that, a woman named megan lucas who was dropping her mom off for elective surgery. >> they didn't tell me much just a shooting. and that the situation was under control. >> it was calm? >> yes, it seemed cool, calm and collected. nobody was running around or screaming and hollering. >> you were at registration?

live in center city, john rawlins channel 6 "action news." back to you all. >> thanks, john. >>> chaos once again erupted on the streets of ferguson, missouri 8 days after an unarmed black teenager was shot by a white police officer. police if full riot gear fired smoke canisters and tear gas to disburse the crowd. the show of force was to response to a report of a shooter at the protest. one protester was critically hurt and someone in the crowd was the shooter. >> i'll tell you you we have a shooting victim that's in critical condition that may lose their life. we had a subject standing in the middle of the road with a handgun. we had a police car shot at tonight and yes, i think that was the proper response. it was the first night of a state-imposed mandatory curfew. police say most did abide by the curfew. >> you can keep up with the changes events in ferguson, missouri, when "action news" isn't on the air head to 6abc.com. you can look through the powerful photos from the intense confrontations between protesters and police. >>> delaware

more graphic evidence uncovered in all of this, for details can and cannot reveal, we turn to john rawlins who is live today in center city. >> reporter: well, that ruling by the judge came during pretrial motions and we'll get to that in ament. the delay came abouthen the rorr jurors said they not serve pike two morell start on monday >> theytristina agustoagus agustous dressed herslfmuslim d girl. andftr he theyslim clotin x serr ha girls.ant in questioned the yo girl. >> in a re, s withdraw requestt through closetv, if she will testify, she will be in the actual courtroom. live i center city, joh rawlin, channel 6 "action news." >>hank you >>> police inkwn are this is videoromparking ro t a m dess e aet. may tmpayfodrivea osed oe lo ung ud itee he oh, father wa surveillance playing black jack inside of the casino. the children ages 1, 5 and 8 are in good condition and in custody of other family members. >>> police of temple university are investigating an on campus assault that may include religious slurs, he was punched in the face and submitted to anti-semitic students called students

three casinos are closing, thousands face no jobs, john rawlins looks at efforts to help out workers staring at unemployment. >> reporter: a quarter of the current casino workforce will be jobless, regulars at showboat are upset what's happening to workers. >> you're putting 6,000 people out of work. >> reporter: gary howard is losing his casino job, he is hoping a seasonal job and severance will get him to social security. >> a lot of bills, some people can't get jobs. >> reporter: economic pain is coming to laid off workers, the city's number one salesman mayor don guardian said they are looking for ways to cushion the blow. one idea, the state is looking at a possible up to one year mortgage payment and he thinks for laid off casino workers, something that might minimize foreclosures. >>> the governor is bringing down a program through the state of new jersey that has forgiveness for mortgage. it's a holiday. you add 12 months of nonpayment to the end of your mortgage. you get the credit now you don't pay the mortgage until you get some time. >> reporter: time is what atlantic cit

john rawlins looks at the efforts to help out the casino workers staring at unemployment. >> reportere sunday night there will be no show at showboat. next week, no revelry at revel. add the trump plaza, a quarter of the workforce will be jobless. >> where are these people going to go? jobs are so scarce, your putting 6,000 people out of work. >> reporter: gary howard is losing his casino job, at 60 something he hopeses a seasonable job and severance pay will get him to social security. >> a lot of bills, family, house children, some people scanty get jobs. >> reporter: the city's number one salesman, mayor don guardian said authorities are looking for ways to cushion the blow. one idea, the state is looking at a possible up to one year mortgage payment and he thinks for laid off casino workers, something that might minimize foreclosure you yous. >> the governor is bringing down a program for the state of new jersey, it forgiveness for mortgage. you add 12 months of payment to the end of your mortgage. you get the credit you don't pay the mortgage until you get sometime. >> reporter:

john rawlins live with details on this case. >> reporter: the two incidents occurred over the last couplef weeks, there was scraps tossed over a neighbor's fence as well in july. the concern is, could this link back to that april incident. >> hi. >> amanda playing with gracie and cocoa, her dogs, weighing on her mind is a couple of distressing incidents. >> i have a puppy and i don't know if they are making me think they will kill her too. >> someone killed bella, she rushed him to the vet. >> he tested him for antifreeze and he tested positive twice. she replaced the original small back fence with a much taller one and that camera caught someone, you can't who tossing in a meaty bone, and then a pigs foot. >> fresh from the butcher, she intercepted both items, she is looking for a lab to test it, is it poisoned or is someone trying to upset her. in the meantime, mantua police are keeping aan eye on the situation. >> we have a confirmed poisoning of a pet and taking exception and having additional officers in the area. >> the two incidents caught on tape occurred at 2:00 and 3:00 in the m

live in galloway township, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. and to add insult to the casino industry, revel is revealing it's missing nearly $21,000. the bag of cash fell from a roof of an armored truck on august 6th, surveillance video shows the bagged money on top of the truck when it pulled away from nearby resorts in atlantic city. it's not yet clear where the cash fell off. >>> investigator in burlington county is trying to track down two would-be armed robbers. you see the two men approach the clerk and pull out a gun and demand that she hand over cash, she passively refused and they fired the gun at the wall and when another employee came out to find out what was going on though ran away empty handed. they believe they were driving a car with a black bumper. >>> police believe this man is responsible for 12 convenience store robberies. the e and c market on basin road and got into the get away car, whiteside is held on $200,000 bail and patton on $26,000 bail. >>> police in delaware is looking for a man accused of home improvement fraud

lets go to john rawlins in the drexel neighborhood where it all started. >> reporter: this was a domestic murder that turned into an amber alert. >> a neighbor heard an altercation and gunshot coming from the upstairs left apartment and police arrived and found kristina corrigan dead. >> the second floor apartment was the body of a woman probably in her 30s, white woman, looks like she is either stabbed or shot. maybe one gunshot wound to the head. >> neighbors told police that the man was, possibly her husband keith, was seen leaving with the two little boys. >> one boy said, is mommy dead, is mommy dead? >> they left in his gray suv. >> we have an all points bulletin for new york, specifically long island. we believe that is where he was headed. >> an armed suspect went to the pharmacy where his brother was employed, he stole beer and cigarette but did not point his weapon, he left his two boys athe the store and drove off. there was a 911 call and police arrived and they found the suv and inside a man dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. the body was removed along with evidence and

john rawlins will have more on this story coming up in a live report at 6:00. >> the young girl abducted from her west philadelphia classroom testified into a center city courtroom today. vernon odom is live with more on what turned out to be a very emotional day in court. >> reporter: emotional and dramatic. the child's mother first testified about all the fear and panic she felt during the day and hours her daughter was missing and now the 7-year-old, now a second grader recounting the horrific experience she had at the hands of christina regusters. the little girl was only 5 and is 7 years old now. she calmly took the stand, her testimony punctuated with a lot of "i don't remembers," she left the classroom with a woman that was in full muslim garb and was placed in a bag and carried into a house. >> she was mostly kept under a bed and she does not know how she sustained the severe injuries that was a sexual assault by a sharp object. and the kidnapper walked her to a playground in upper darby to "escape" her injuries required extensive surgery. christina regusters lawyer decided he wo

john rawlins was there. >> reporter: they gather early, who are these people, waiting for the latest apple gadget or concert tickets? >> the focus today on a coin. >> had to be one of the first in line to get a ticket. >> two large companies hired them to buy them. in edition to the $400 pay, they fronted the $400 cash to buy the coin. >> the proxies handed over the coins as soon as they walked out of the mint. they will be shipped to the national coins collection. they could skyrocket as collectibles. they are getting $3500 to $4,000 a piece. i'm guessing $5,000 to $6,000. on ebay they are having presales. >> by our calculation, $36,000 worth of coins were for sale today. if they make it to chicago, their value could jump to $2,000 to $3,000. >>> a summer camp thatcaters to children with disabilities is getting back online. the power when out, and the outage meant no air conditioning or use of the dining hall. variety didn't have the money to replace the $20,000 transformer, well, car and duff saw the need and donated the vital piece of equipment. >> these kids deserve every bit the

sports cars and the feature in the 2015 model may steer even more customers into the showroom, john rawlins shows us it lets drivers spy on their own vehicle. >> a beautiful day for a shiny very yellow corvette, all 450 horses purring. >> you are here and then you think about not moving, that is ferris bueler's day off where a bunch of knuckle head valets take the car for a joy ride to end all joy rides. we went and we met rich peppy, the latest new thing, the valet mode data recorder option, some call it the ferris bueller button. the gm video shows it uses an existing system that records driving and it shuts off the radio and recorded every movement outside and inside. >> if there was a joy ride it would record it. it would record it as well address give you speed and throttle on that joy ride. peppy shows us it's easy to set up and play back, the idea that valets with a need for speed would be diskournled. and recording audio without consent is illegal. the audio can be disabled without impacting the video. peppy's advice is that it should be in any state. advice anybody driving the vehi

. >> reporter: john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> many philadelphia school district students teachers and parents will spend there part of labor day weekend protesting school budget cuts. at noon today they will gather outside governor corbett's office on south broad street. the pennsylvania legislature needs a cigarette tax. revenue from the tax could prevent more layoffs. lawmakers do not return until after the school year begins. >> new this morning, a man is fighting for his life after being shot in west philadelphia. police say his family knew the gunman. the man was shot in the leg on the unit block of north edge wood street. they tracked down the 21 shooterrer driving an suv at 61st and market. detectives are talking to him. no word on charges or a motive, the 39-year-old victim is listed in critical condition at hup. >>> firefighters knocked down the a late night blaze on the 1200 block of wallace street. the fire started in the u-haul truck and spread to the interior of the little world learning center. investigators are working on the cause of the fire. >>> september will ma

and reporter john rawlins getting local reaction of this in the 6700 block of bustle fon -- bustleton where refugees live. >> talking to experts and a recent refugee. it is a gathering place for many from iraq of the pair had similar fears as to what could happen when they target those refugees. >> you think they want to wipe them out? >> if you are not with them, you are the enemy. >> it is very conceivable that a total bloodbath could wipe out this group of people. >> michael from the research institute in center city, and iraqi refugee talking about the small iraqi sect, thousands who are trapped on mount sinjar target eed by islamic extremist. >> they have a different customs. genocide is a legit hit concern. >> the u.s. started air drops of water and food for those on the mountain. a good first step. >> it is just one step. they need more. >> there needs to be more? >> yeah. more. >> and she applauded the area talks on isis. she has family who moved from baghdad, but the once safe city now under threat. and an army officer in northern iraq, he says it is hard to tell if the attac

here is john rawlins with more. >> come sunday night there will be no show at showboat. next week no revelry at revel. and the trump plaza and more than 6,000 people, a quarter of the current casino work force will be jobless. wrecks at showboat are upset about what is happening to the workers. >> where are these people going to go? jobs are scares. >> howard is losing his casino job. at 60 something he hopes a seasonal job and severance play getting him to social security. >> and a lot of bills, family, cars, wives, houses, children. a lot of people don't know what they are going to do. some people can't get job. >> economic pain coming to the laidoff workers. the number one salesman, the mayor don guardian says they looking for way informs cushion the blow. one way is that the state is looking as a possible up to one-year mortgage payment extension for laidoff casino workers. something that might minimize foreclosures. >> the government is bringing down a program through the state of new jersey that has forgiveness of mortgages. it is a holiday. adding up to 12 months

and reporter john rawlins getting local reaction of this in the 6700 block of bustle fon -- bustletonre refugees live. >> talking to experts and a

john rawlins is live and it is another tough day for the family and community as well. >> yes, it was alicia. when you have a funeral for three children, two brothers and a sister ages 7, 9 and 15, it is going to be an awful day after a string of awful days. three caskets, three victims. killed by an out of control s.u.v. driver by a carjacking. their mother who was with a them at the time remains hospital li ized. among those paying respects at the church is the mayor, the d.a. and other elected officials. some here knew the family well. many others though strangers, but they were touched by the awful incident. >> this could have been my children, so i try to be there to support the family, to show love, to show comfort and to let them know that they are not alone. >> as being a christian it is my duty to pay respects to the family. it was just so sad, so sad because they were so young. >> the eulogy, the pastor recognized the pain of loss, but are christian there is is hope. while the children are gone, if helped to bring people together today. >> the ministry they were doing is com

"action news" reporter, john rawlins is live in atlantic city with more. john? >> hi shirleen.massive layoff. it will reverberate throughout the shore economy for months to come, maybe years to come. the city, state and workers union trying to get people signed up for unemployment and looking for other ways to cushion the blow. >> it hit us hard because we had all our eggs in one basket and just known as a cagambling town. >> the "it" he is talking about the town. starting with showboat on sunday, next week then revel and trump plaza. more than 6,000 workers losing jobs in a town where unemployment is already 13%. matt morrasy worked there since the 80s. >> i was a fortunate one there there was an opening in baltimore, maryland. >> you have a job. >> i can relocate. >> and shopping for one last visit in the showboat the mood inside is glum. >> if you go in and talk to the workers, you just want to look at them and helping to love them and wishing you could do more for them. >> i feel bad for the people losing their jobs. really hoping that somebody comes along and buys this pla

john rawlins, joins us live. >> reporter: while the sounds of helicopter is being herd all over the streetsf philadelphia, up there, two letters down, a south facing p and b have been removed. the buildings changed hands recently, and so the city issued a permit last month for the removal. the letters stainless steel 16 feet high, 3,000 pounds were add the to the 1932 vintage bell to your in the early 19 50s when philadelphia national bank took over the build. building now with pnb gone, so is the helicopter. >> i like change, what a better way to have change than to take this thing down and start something new. >> my son and i enjoy the architecture, especially the skyscrapers, my son will keep me up to date on what's happening down here, so we came down and see what's happening. >> reporter: they are lifting off the letters, two of the 12 letters have been removed. they expect the removal of the other ten to take about two hours, the total time two hours, they started around 9:30, so the work has begun and the letters are dropping to the ground, very gently, what happens to the letter, we