life in ocean city, i'm nora muchanic, channel "action news," rick? >> thank you.tay with 6abc for the latest updates on the heavy rain moving through the area and flooding at the shore. tracking the system and impact on the coast. find the up-to-the-minute updates any time on 6abc.com/weather. >>> in other news this noon, learning more about the man who opened fire on a community college campus in rural oregon, killing nine people before he was killed by authorities. the federal, state and local police are looking for more clues to figure out what sparked this senseless shooting. and reporting from roseburg, oregon. >> 10 are dead, seven injured, three critically according to the sheriff. the victim's names may be released today at the earliest as we learn about the gunman and survivors. last night family and friends of victims mourned a tragedy in roseburg but the town woke up still shaken. >> the range of emotions from disbelief, anger, sadless to resolution. it is still very raw for a lot of people. >> overnight police and f.b.i. searched for clues will the sus

live in ocean city, i'm nora muchanic, channel6 "action news." monica. >> thank you, nora. >>> the state of emergency remains in effect in new jersey. speaking in sea isle today governor christie says the state appears to be dodging a bullet with the projected path of joaquin. christie did take the opportunity to address homeowners who are still blocking projects to build up sand dunes along coast. >> there are projects being delayed here in this part of the state and in northern ocean county because of the resistance of folks to common sense. so i hope that what this does is refocus everybody again. a near-miss like this to how lucky we are that it didn't come. >> christie says the projects are federally funded and are ready to be started once the homeowners sign off. >>> delaware governor jack markell issued a state of emergency today for the southern portion of his state. markel warned residents in sussex county to prepare for high winds and flooded roadways. >>> and you should keep an eye on the coastal storm or any storm with 6abc.com/weather

. >> i'm nora muchanic on long beach island where the storm has taken its toll. i'll have an update on beach erosion and what's happening here coming up next. >> sunshine returned today, 65 degrees right now in philadelphia but notice the warmth starting to build in the tennessee and ohio valley. it's moving our way. we'll have those rising numbers in accuweather. >> all right, adam. that and much more when "action news" at 6:00 continues in just a moment. tit's amazing.. this is amazing. that's amazing! real people are discovering surprising things at chevy. we're sold. it's so pretty. beautiful! it feels great. perfect. this is not what i would expect from a chevy at all. get more than you expect for less than you imagined. the 2015 models are going fast. find your tag and get cash back for 15% of the msrp on select 2015 vehicles in stock. or, get zero percent financing for seventy-two months on most remaining 2015 chevy vehicles. >> a man is in critical condition tonight after a fire in north philadelphia. chopper six was over the home here in the 3000 block o

identified a victim in a weekend hit-and-run, but they need the public's help in solving the case, nora muchanic is live along route 30 with more. hi, nora. >> reporter: yeah, investigators don't have a lot of the to go on and they are asking for the public's help. this accident happened saturday night directly across the from the humane society. the victim was discovered by a passing motorist. >> no i.d., all dark closing. >> reporter: atlantic city police are looking for a driver who struck the man going over a concrete median on absecon boulevard known as route 30. >> if anybody was in the area or behind the motor vehicle that could have clipped thepedestria. 35-year-old was found on the side of the road saturday night. investigators say the driver may not know he hit the person. it wasn't a full frontal impact. the pedestrian was either on the drivers side door or passenger side -- or he made it half way through the street and the mirror passer side mirror could have clipped the pedestrian. >> reporter: police are working to find the car model from the mirror. although the victim had no iden

nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> need to pass up your driveway before the winter weather sets in? consumer reports tested patch kilts we have the results. >> we're turning the clocks back one hour this weekend, how that could have an impact on your mood. >> reporter: it's going to make us happy. halloween forecaster looks great, a few clouds tomorrow morning and huge november warmup next week. wait until you see the numbers in the seven-day forecast, i'll have it for you, right after this. >> students in new jersey got a lesson about the weather yesterday, from some of our "action news" experts, look who that is, meteorologist chris sowers met with 7th graders at oak school in belmawr. he created a forecast using weather models. chris is a true weather nerd. we hear all about it. >> those kids were smart, i was impressed that i had a lot of interesting questions, it took me by surprise. it was a fun time. >> look at you, that shows up better on tv than in person. >> reporter: we got our 6abc jack-o-lantern and our temple owl. it's a good thing we're gaining an hour of sleep wi

nora muchanic is down at the shore tracking the preparations for joaquin, but we begin with karen rogers, she is watching double scan all morning and joins us at the big board with the latest. >> reporter: we have big issue we are tracking, a big rain and coastal flooding could be moderate to major, and throwing hurricane joaquin, already a category three hurricane, and starting off with stormtracker 6 live double scan showing rain through the region, this is not flooding rain but just another day we have rain to deal with. the big thing you notice is a temperature drop, in some spots, 23 degrees colder than it was at this point yesterday. a huge change in 24 hours, you step outside and feel the difference, but here it becomes more significant, the national weather service has declared coastal flood warnings for parts of the region until 6:00 a.m. on friday, and the coastal watch is until sunday in the region because of the strong northeasterly flow piling up the water at the jersey shore. lewes delaware reaches flood stage tomorrow and what you ask expect tomorrow not from joaquin is gu

i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news.." >> all right nora thank you. >>> lets switch to john rawlinse city, delaware, the first state is preparing for a lot of rain in the coming days. >> absolutely, they are concerned about this one two punch everybody is talking about rain over the next 48 hours that could lead to flooding in low land areas, here in delaware city, this is a river town and the concern here is the focus on the second portion of the punch, what if joaquin comes here and drives water up the river, toward this town. >> today's wind and rain and overcast conditions are not the result of joaquin, and concerns over that storm if it arrives here. triggers this, the installation of a floodwall and five massive floods, it send waves over the floodwall and back over the storm drains, designed to bail out the floodwaters and return them to the river, a circle and concern, the storm track of joaquin. >> two of the models are predicting it will go west of the chesapeake, it means the water is blown up from the chesapeake. another issue is the water coming up from the delaware bay

hammonton, i'm nora muchanic, "channel 6 action news." hammonton, i'm nora muchanic, "channel 6 action news." >> . eagles get back to work. trying to catch a break and win on one in three breaks on sunday. jamie apody spent the day at practice and she has the pulse of the team. >> ironic or planned? eagles on up practice with the tune we're not going to take it anymore. >> and what excuse can we come up with nothing. >> nothing. >> which is exactly what jason kelsey thanks offensive line is doing. they're banked up and i he puts all this on them i realize emotions go after a loss. after the game -- >> i think it's. >> we should have rushing. we don't give owe fens kochs to call plays because we're not consistent. >> if he sounds angry and frustrated he s those are emotions they hope to roll into play. nobody is discouraged they say they can turn this record around. >> you take one or two plays we're 3-1. a lot of things are portrayed i think everybody in here understands we're really close and i think that's universal in this locker room

new jersey correspondent nora muchanic talked to camden county prosecutors a short time ago. nora what's the latest there? >> sarah, rick, the prosecuto prosecutor's office is releasing very little information at this point except a confirmation that the young child is dead. he has been identified on social media. police will not release his name only yet. they will confirm the sad news the boy was found dead. how he died is still unanswere unanswered. >> so, today, 3-year-old boys what reported missing at 6 a.m. by a family member from the child's residence in the 100 block of cooper street in haddon township. >> less than three hours later the authorities say the boy's body was found eight problems away off south park drivety trarkd dounl by a k-9 that picked up his scent. there's a police presence at that time and at the toddler's home where a dozen detectives could be seen in the street. authorities will not discuss how the 3-year-old died. >> we need to wait for the medical examiner to determine manner of death. >> any obvious signs of injury. >> we're not going to discus

i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. i know we are all hoping the same here, officials in pennsylvania say they are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst when it comes to hurricane joaquin, governor tom wolf and other officials wrapped up a news conference an hour ago and said that multiple state and county agencies are working together to make sure contingencies are in place. >> making sure our specialized teams are in place and equipment is in place and working on counties with shortfalls or gaps they may have. >> they say that pennsylvania residents should have three days worth of food and water on hand in case help can't reach them right away. >> the phillies moved up their game because of the weather, they played the mets at 12:05, instead of their normal 7:05 start, you can see how empty the stadium was. the phillies won the game 3-0, we have more ahead throughout the evening for you, john rawlins is in delaware also in the path of these storms and then at 5:00, trish hartman is live in atlantic city wher

new jersey correspondent nora muchanic has the story. >> no i.d. on him at that time.ll dark clothing. >> reporter: atlantic city police are looking for the hit and run driver who clipped a man saturday night on route 30. it happened about 10:30 directly across from the humane society when a man was crossing the concrete divider on foot. the victim was found in the road unconscious and later identified as 35-year-old juan melton of pleasantville. >> if anybody was in the area or behind the motor vehicle that could have clipped the pedestrian, to come forward to our office. >> reporter: crash investigator patrolman david triver says it's possible the driver didn't realize what happened. >> possibility that the driver didn't even know that they struck this person because the type of injuries he received was of like a sideswipe, not a full directional impact. >> reporter: melton suffered a broken arm and is in stable condition at atlantic city medical center. locals say it's no surprise that someone has been hit here again. that's because residents who live in the neighbo

new jersey correspondent nora muchanic has the story. >> reporter: this is surveillance video of four masked riders on dirt bikes and a quad who taunted two pleasantville police officers thursday evening during a traffic stop on woodland avenue coming within inches of hitting them. >> they would rev up their bikes and come straight at the officers but lock up the brakes so much so that they would skid the back rear tire in the direction of the officers. >> reporter: the incident prompted police chief sean rig begin to write a post on the department's facebook page calling on the community to stop enabling illegal riders who are terrorizing the community. >> tell us when and where that they're seeing these and there are people that know who are riding these bikes. >> reporter: two riders have been killed in dirt bike accidents here and police have gotten over 500 complaints calls during the last three years. >> stop in the middle of the street people come to my house and they ask me what. i going to do about the dirt bikes. >> they zoom down the street and don't worry about nobody. >>

live in ocean city, i'm nora muchanic, channel6 "action news." >> yeah, we can tell, nora. thanks so much. >>> you can keep an eye on the coastal storm with 6abc.com/weather. we're updating the reports with videos and photos from all the flooded areas. we're keeping a watchful eye on hurricane joaquin as it continues to make its way north and east which as we said is pretty good news for us. >> yeah, and with the water of course out there on the roadways one must wonder how are the commutes going. >> let's get over to matt pelman live in the "action news" traffic center keeping an eye on how things are moving or not moving this afternoon, matt. >> on a normal friday afternoon brian and sharrie we see so much traffic we're not sure where to go with it. this afternoon we're also seeing so much water coming down from the skies, not really sure where to go with all that of especially these drains that are not accustomed to downpours over the last few months and in some cases we're starting to see some of the fallen leaves clogging some of the drains. it is a mess out there as w

in pleasantville, nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." the. >> happening today, philadelphia's hero thrill show, the fund razor featuring police motorcycle stunts at the wells fargo parking lot. tickets are available at local police or fire stations or online, find a link at 6abc.com, proceeds pay for scholarships of the children of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. >>> the bucks county business business -- prison system has a problem. the county said the coat maker made coats that look like the coats that the guards wear. the company told the county to keep the coats. they will distribute them to the homeless. >> we'll work to get these out there so they will be available to the residents who need them. >> now, before the coats were sent to homeless shelters, from prisoners flaps over the word inmates. >> massive flooding forces a college football teams aides game to be move. "action news" saturday morning continues in just a moment. there's something out there. it's a highly contagious disease. it can be espec

i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> all right nora thank you. a sinkhole forced residented in berks county out of their homes overnight, a water main broke on berky drive and that caused the sink hole, 16 homes were evacuated because the hole affected their gas lines, some are without water and some are under a boil advisory, the saturday match-up between the temple owls and the fighting irish is much more than a college football game. people all across the nation are counting down to kickoff and it has gotten so much hype, espn college game day decided to broadcast from philadelphia on saturday. jeff skversky is live with more. >> reporter: hey monica and rick, there is so much history in this city but we have never seen anything like this, two nationally ranked college football teams will play for the first time ever saturday at lincoln financial field, temple and notre dame. college game day is setting up as we speak live behind me. our partners at espn rolling into town, the setup, espn college game day set, they broadcast a three hour show

live in west windsor i'm nora muchanic "channel 6 action news." >> thank you, nora. two men arrested in connection with last month's home invasion of montgomery country. these two men ali and desmont smith shot and killed 5 53-year-old kevin brown in lower moreland township. according to police abdul ali was dating brown's daughter. she accused him of sexually assaulted her in august and then attacking her in september a week later. she tried to break up. that's when abdul ali and smith rayed her father's home shooting him in the neck. officials say more arrests are expected in the case. >> one of three american heroes who helped twart a terror attack in france is hospitalized tonight after being stabbed outside a bar and he was stabbed multiple times. joining us live from los angeles, brandi the search for suspects continues. >> that's right, rick, no arrests have been made yet. spencer stone is in serious and stable condition right now and police say his injuries are significant. as they now look over surveillance video that appears to capture the stabbing subject

identified a victim in a weekend hit-and-run, but they need the public's help in solving the case, nora muchanicve along route 30 with more. hi, nora. >> reporter: yeah, investigators don't have a lot of the to go on and they are asking for the public's help. this accident happened saturday night directly across the from the humane society. the victim was discovered by a passing motorist. >> no i.d., all dark closing. >> reporter: atlantic city police are looking for a driver who struck the man going over a concrete median on absecon boulevard known as route 30. >> if anybody was in the area or behind

live in our new jersey news room, i'm nora muchanic, channel6 "action news." alicia. >> all right, nora, thank you. >>> the philadelphia zoo is mourning the loss of one of its most popular animals. clop dike the oldest polar bear in the united states has to be euthanized due to a serious decline in health. the zoo tried to help her but saw no improvement over the course of two weeks. clop dike was clear years old which is beyond the typical life span for a polar bear. she came to philadelphia in 1981, a year after she was born at the bronx zoo. >> well, the temple owls are flying high today after another big win to keep their perfect season alive. the action cam was there as the team arrived home overnight after a thrilling win over east carolina. this one was a real task with temple trailing late in the game. but the owls rallied for 14 points in the fourth quarter to pull out the win. students are watching on campus. the comeback sent them into a frenzy and from the sound of it the glow hasn't worn off yet. >> half time scared but i knew like eventually all y

jersey correspondent nora muchanic live along route 30 where this all happened. nora. >> reporter: sharrie, rick, that's what police are telling us and why they want the driver to come forward. it was dark out at the time. the victim was dressed all in black and hopping that median in traffic when he was hit. it was crossing route 30 like this, hopping over the concrete median that landed a pleasantville man in the hospital and police looking for the driver who hit him. >> we do not have any information on the vehicle involved or the driver. it's a possibility that the driver didn't even know that they struck this person. >> reporter: it happened around 10:30 saturday night in the 1400 block of route 30 west right across from the humane society. a man later identified as 35-year-old juan melton was found lying in the road unconscious. >> it wasn't a full frontal impact. so, the pedestrian was either on the driver's side door or passenger -- or he made it halfway through the street and the mirror could have -- the passenger side mirror could have clipped the pedest

live on lbi, i'm nora muchanic, channel6 "action news." alicia. >> all right, nora, thank you. >>> that certainly is not the case down south. we would call this far from okay. in the carolinas now the numbers and images are staggering. both north and south carolina are suffering from historic flooding with at least 11 deaths now being blamed on record rainfall between the two states. over the weekend thousands were rescued from the raging flood waters. right now in south carolina alone more than 40,000 people are without water, more than 25,000 without power and shelters are taking people in by the hundreds. president barack obama has signed an emergency declaration for that state with record rainfall buckling buildings and roads and simply washing away homes. one mother describes the moment the coast guard rescued her family. >> probably the most terrifying moment of my life especially having her and holding onto a 16 month old daughter and just that was incredibly frightening but we made it. >> lucky to be alive. 550 roads and bridges are

live in camden, i'm nora muchanic, channel6 "action news." . >> all right, nora, thank you. >>> a former philadelphia mayor took the stand in day two of chaka fattah jr.'s trial. today john street took the stand and fielded questions from fattah jr. who is representing himself in court. street testified about his business relationship with fattah jr. and his role as a photographer for street's mayoral campaign. >> i was really, really busy. i didn't -- i wasn't supervising or micro managing him. i just -- you know, i was doing what i did and he took a lot of pictures. >> fattah jr. is charged with bank and tax fraud. he claims he's being targeted by fbi agents who want to end his father's career. congressman fattah is also facing separate corruption charges. >>> police in chester on the scene of a deadly shooting tonight. just before 4 o'clock this afternoon shots were fired around fifth and franklin streets near the william penn homes. police tell "action news" that the gunman was in a car when he shot two people. one of the victims died. the

nora muchanic is following this investigation and will have the late nest a live report coming up at 5:00. we also learn the name of a delaware woman found dead in a newcastle parking lot yesterda yesterday. police say the body of 2 23-year-old kimberly quaid from dover was discovered on a road between bjs wholesale club and newcastle farmers market. cause of death remains under investigation. >>> police in easton euro broke up criminal rings tie todd russia trying to sell radioactive material. investigators say this have been working with fbi to catch men selling cesium and uranium. they have stocked at least four plots in the last five years and some sellers were specifically looking to do business with isis. >> setting a dirty bomb off in very dense area the legal of contamination could really be a big deal if nothing else have economic standpoint. >> now dirty bomb would not necessarily lead to mass casualties when it exploded and instead would contaminate the area with radioactivity for years. >> a robber walked away with a stack of cash from a center citibank today. the suspect

nora muchanic has the latest now on the investigation. >> reporter: hi there, a lot of attention is focused on the boy's father that was taking care of him when he disappeared. i saw him and he declined to talk about his son's death or the investigation, his mother would not talk on camera and was emphatic about him not being involved in his death. they are putting a memorial outside of the home, the autopsy performed could not determine the cause of death, the child's body was found wednesday morning less than three hours after being reported missing in a wooded area of cooper river park. >> everybody wants answers, nobody wants to know that there is a crazy psychopath on the loose. a vigil was held last night they sang and prayed and wanted to know how he died. he was in his father's care when he disappeared. >> he says he doesn't need a lawyer, because he didn't do this, and we know he didn't, he loved his baby. >> i have children, it's heard breaking, this little boy, i can't imagine. >> police are expansioning the investigation and finding out how he got to the woods in cooper river pa

nora muchanic has the latest now on the investigation. >> reporter: hi there, a lot of attention is focused on the boy's father that was taking care of him when he disappeared. i saw him and he declined to talk about his son's death or the investigation, his mother would not talk on camera and was emphatic about him not being involved in his death. they are putting a memorial outside of the home, the autopsy performed could not determine the cause of at

. >> reporter: i'm nora muchanic in ocean city where wind swept rain is flooding this coastal town.ort and talk to residents coming up. >> and police release video of the man wanted in connection with the sexual assault of a temple university student. those stories coming up. for adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody rick williams the entire "action news" team. i'm monica malpass. join me next for "action news" at 6:00. >> good night. jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans and we just couldn't say no to that face. then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says... oh yeah, that's betty. you're going to want to do this alligator thing. and betty didn't lead us wrong. a little later we passed some dancing. and who doesn't like dancing? especially when it's followed by fireworks everyone's nola is different. follow yours. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> joaquin remains a powerful category three hurricane tonight. but with each passing hour the track continues to take

live in haddon township, i'm nora muchanic, channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you, nora. >>> our coverage of this death investigation continues on 6abc.com. it will have the latest information as it becomes available along with photographs and videos and the latest social media posts from our "action news" team. >>> a 50-year-old man died this morning, that after being shot late last night during a home invasion. it happened in the 1100 block of ruby street in southwest philadelphia. live at police headquarters tonight is "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist. sarah, what's the latest on this? >> reporter: jim, police are trying to figure out exactly why these three suspects targeted tony harris. something possibly a facebook post led them to believe there was money inside his southwest philadelphia home. police say there was no money. they shot harris anyway while his three young children slept upstairs. homicide detectives returned to 11:30 south ruby street this morning as they try to figure out why three masked men targeted this house and the

and the continuation of the startling rise of heroin, and nora muchanic has the story. >> this is the story we are hearing again and again and again. >> the story is heroin and lawmakers are trying to keep up with its destruction. >> this is the epidemic that we are facing in our communities, all across this area. >> today montgomery's first assistant district attorney kevin steele announced the names of five minute with a ring targeting addicts in montgomery and berks county. and also today senator casey pushed for support of a new senate bill expanding the heroin and opiate prevention and agreement up to $2.2 billion. >> in all of the county coroners across the state, they tell us that in just five years, from 2009 to 2014 they went from 47 to 800. >> and they cannot get help if there is nothing available. it is hard to kick. >> the impact is very severe when you first shoot it, and then it will be real quick. >> more and more law enforcement officers are equipped with a drug which reverses an overdose. and in delaware county that's the case for almost a year with 100 lives saved. n

nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> still a lot of questions, thank you. meanwhile, police have a person in custody for the death of a woman in delaware. the body of the 56-year-old victim was found if her home by her daughter in hockessin. >> within a half hour later, received a call from the subject giving us information that he was responsible for this incident. >> while that suspect was taken into custody on spring brook lane in bear, so far no charges are filed. police have not identified the victim or told us how she died. >>> well, he called it philadelphia's worst kept secret but today he made it official. police commissioner ramsey made it official, after eight years on the job the commissioner will call it quits. >> reporter: hey brian, charles ramsey came in with mayor nutter in 2008 and will leave with him in january. he says it's a personal not a political decision. >> i think the new mayor needs to be able to pick his or her own team, and hit the ground running. >> over the past eight years, ramsey made major changes in the department, steppi

live in hamilton township i'm nora muchanic, "channel 6 action news." >> monica. >> mank you, nora. >> we're learning more about the victim of yesterday's early morning murder in philadelphia's logan section. kiesha jenkins was attacked 2:30 yesterday morning after getting out of a car. kiesha was beaten to the ground and shot twice in the back. according to family the victim led a double life. stefan by day and kiesha by night. neighbors near the crime scene told "action news" the area is popular for transgender prostitutes. she was a high earner and they believe they targeted her for cash not because of hate crime. >> a student is in custody after a gun square locked down a philadelphia high school this morning. police got a it a student at the martin luther king high school in west oak lane may have had a stolen handgun. officials said a specific threat was never made and lockdown was done out of abundance of caution. chopper 6 was over the fern rock transportation septemberer where the student was taken into custody without a gun. today's scare of course came one day after a lockd

. >> new jersey correspondent nora muchanic is live outside the police station at west windsor with the>>reporter: rick, one of the neighbors here described this teenager as nicest, sweetest id kid you would ever want to meet making it puzzling why he tried to kill his parents by purpose burning the house down while they slept. this is house amal street west windsor where a 16-year-old boy allegedly set a fire 15 a.m. wednesday morning while his parents were asleep inside. detectives say the plays was intentionally started in second story bedroom using ak sell rant. >> we believe there was gasoline spread on carpets and hallway and guest bedroom and staircase leding up to the story. >> they were awakened and escaped

coming up at 5:00, nora muchanic talks to people at the shore some of whom still don't have a house to call home. a lot of progress but still a lot of pieces to put together in new jersey. >> so much work to be done still. thank you. >>> yesterday's rain cleared out to make way for a sun soaked thursday. meteorologist adam joseph, is at the city avenue garden with a first look at the forecast. >> we'll keep the sunshine around and the temperatures will drop big time, but we did see that much needed rain all day yesterday into very early this morning. take a look at the totals, mt. pocono closing in at near 4 inches of rain yesterday alone, allentown near 2 inches, philadelphia just over an inch and wilmington just over 1.25 inch and atlantic city shy of .75 inch, the front was passing through this morning with the last area of showers and heavy downpours and gusty winds, that lifted to the north and we saw sun early this morning and now a second front is progressing through and no moisture with that, just some cloud cover kind of sharing the sky with the sunshine presently. if you like

live in haddon township, nora muchanic channel6 "action news." >> nora thank you. >>> our coverage of this death investigation continues on 6abc.com. we'll have the very latest information as it becomes available along of course with photos, videos and the latest social media posts from our "action news" team. >>> police are asking for the public's help solving a deadly home invasion in southwest philadelphia. investigators say three men barged inside last night and shot a man while his wife and children were inside the home. "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist is working this story. she's live at police headquarters with the details. sarah. >> reporter: sharrie, police now trying to figure out why 50-year-old tony harris was targeted by these three masked gunmen last night. something led them to believe there was cash inside the house but police say there was not. they killed harris anyway while his three young children slept upstairs. >> and then they just came in demanding money. >> reporter: her husband is 50-year-old tony harris. last night he was shot and killed when three y

i'm nora muchanic. coming up a look at this year's crop. >> i love her stories.at and more coming up at 6. for adam joseph, cecily tynan, jamie apody, rick williams, and the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass, have a good night. i'm monica malpass, have a good night. "action news" at 6 >> late word of a cold flooded murder of a transgenter woman this morning in the 1300 block of winghock inin the logan section of philadelphia. police don't know if this was a random robby that turned deadly or hate crime. "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live at police headquarters. chad pradelli, what are you hearing about this killing? >> jim, police don't have a whole lot of information at this time. that is why they're asking for public's help. here is what investigators are telling us. the vick tming a transgender female teesh ajenkins was dropped off in area of 13 and wingahockin and five males approached her and beat her and knocked her to the ground and one man decided he needed to kill. >> preliminary nary investigation reveals that the decedent had just

let's go live now to new jersey correspondent nora muchanic live along route 30 where this all happenedrick, that's what police are telling us and why they want the driver to come forward. it was dark out at the time. the victim was dressed all in black and hopping that median in traffic when he was hit. it was crossing route 30 like this, hopping over the concrete median that landed a pleasantville man in the hospital and police looking for the driver who hit him. >> we do not have any information on the vehicle involved or the driver. it's a possibility that the driver didn't even know that they struck this person. >> reporter: it happened around 10:30 saturday night in the 1400 block of route 30 west right across from the humane society. a man later identified as 35-year-old juan melton was found lying in the road unconscious. >> it wasn't a full frontal impact. so, t

new jersey correspondent nora muchanic has the story. >> i've seen him. it's just really sad.porter: neighbors on cooper street grieving remembering three-year-old brendan creato seen here in a picture poster on facebook. >> he was playing with another little boy next door. i'm sorry. >> reporter: it's okay. >> at only three it's just hard to look at. >> reporter: the toddler was reported missing by a family member at 6 o'clock this morning less than three hours later the horrifying news, his body had been found in a wooded area off south park drive in cooper river park. police will not reveal any details about how the child died. >> we would need to wait for the medical examiner to conduct an autopsy in order to determine a manner of death. >> reporter: are there any obvious signs of injury. >> we're not going to discuss that at this point. >> reporter: a massive search for the child began this morning after area residents received telephone alerts and news of brendan's disappearance exploded on facebook. >> we came out to help and as soon as i got to here to walk they starte