. >>> family of the overbrook man shot and killed by an under cover philadelphia police officer is now suing the city. officers shannon coolba ace accused of shooting richard fur pretty last may searching for a parking spot at 63rd and overbrook. five two-year old man was unarmed and against department policy to shoot at a moving vehicle. investigation has been going on for more than a year. >>> f er retti. >> they have been waiting for answers from both the police department and d.a.'s office. they are in the position where they are forced to file a lawsuit in federal court just to get answers about their loved one that was killed. >> now officer coolba is on administrative duty and has not been on street patrol since the shooting. >>> a california boy playing with his new toy from a vending machine made a disturbing discovery, toy contained 4-ounces of cocaine. toy came out of the machine owned by a company called snack time vending. police are investigating where the drugs may have come from police removed the machine but they say they don't believe that the company or the restauran

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camden and atlantic avenue a crash taking out the left lane and the accident along city avenue in overbrookat wynnewood road. and we had a broken down truck at the blue route northbound off 95 heading up to baltimore pike and cleared out but jammed in the area and jammed in delco because of a pair of accident, one at newtown square by hills quality seafood and the other involves a dump truck blocking the southbound lanes of broomall. 252 is also jammed up and stay farther away, providence road or eagle road. and delaware 495 is better the construction is gone for the day, and crews will return tomorrow around 6:00 a.m. and work until noon and this point 95 is worse with speeds if the attorneys through wilmington. >> thanks matt. >>> and still ahead the siege lasts several hours and injures dozens of people and newly released video of the frightening moments when an armed gunman stormed the parliament in iran. >>> and a coastal storm just off of our coastline of new jersey and delaware, moving away taking the clouds with it. which means sunshine and warming temperatures. we'll talk about the

officer shannon coolbau is accused of shooting richard fur pretty at 63rd and overbrook. five two-year old was unarmed and against department policy to shoot at a moving vehicle. his family is frustrated that the investigation has dragged on for more than a year. >> we don't have any answers at all and we deserve answers this is not the way citizens of this city to know that when something happens to a family member or a loved one that they get no answers. >> if there is a criminal case , i don't know if there will be, i should say from that point that is when we would finally deciding whether we're going to take action on this officer in the form of termination or suspension or what have you. i cannot do that at this point in time because of his due process that he has afforded. >> officer is on administrative duty and not been on the street patrol since the shooting. >>> a boil water advisory is still in effect for 35,000 residents in the trenton area. according to the mayor's office a technical issue in the water treatment plant caused chlorine levels to temporarily dr

. >>> overbrook high school took their graduation ceremony outside. the action cam was at the dell music center. friends and family members packed the seats to see their loved ones get their diplomas. congratulations to all. >>> there is more ahead on "action news" at 12:30, it was an attack using avocados. hear from the deli clerk hurt after being pelted with produce in his store. and a homeowner in california was in a battle with bees that swarmed inside of her chimney. if you have medicare parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what? you could apply for a medicare supplement insurance plan whenever you want. no enrollment window. no waiting to apply. that means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, y. medicare doesn't cover everything. and like all standardized medicare supplement insurancofhat medicare doesn't pay. so don't wait. call now to request your free decision guide. could e aarp medicare supplement plan that works for you. these types of plans have no networks, so you get to choose any doctor

overbrook high school read from the city council that described his selfless efforts as an action everyday hero. >> today they handed over the keys to the habitat fo habitat y home in bucks county. the new owner has sweat in the home. >> i would like to present rozalin and her family with the key to their new home. >> with that rozalin brooks and her family have a place to call their own. >> it's like a dream come true. >> a home 12-year-old tabitha proudly shows you have a. >shows off.>> what do you love e home? >> the backyard. >> it was built by habitat for humanity of buck bucks county. 70-year-old brooks and her five children she adopted from foster care move in next week. ii built the house from the ground up. >> i spackled the walls, paint. >> the brooks family is helped by habitat. they stress it's a hand up for low-income families not a hand out. >> they have to pay a mortgage, taxes on the full value of the home and they have to put in sweat equity hours to be homeowners. >> rozalin, who has adopted 12 children from foster care over the years has lived in a cramped area. >> this

the raging fire destroyed his home on flanders road in overbrook.n he realized his nephew bryce was still inside rudy says he didn't think twice about running back in. "action news" reporter gray hall asked him the big question. >> reporter: do you feel like you're a hero? >> yes, i do. yes, i do. my family, they proud of me that i did that. they're very proud of me. >> he's batman. that's what he calls himself. it's good. people have been really nice. >> by the way we should show you this. rudy has the batman bat pack to boot. now he is of course a certified real life super hero himself. today's ceremony was supposed to be a surprise but someone slipped because everyone has just been so excited for rudy and so proud of him. gray hall will have more coming up on "action news" at 6:00 but of course you had to ask him, do you feel a hero with all the attention he's getting. first of all he knows he is and we all green line. >> surprised agree. >> surprised or not it does not diminish the accolades. >> cecily tynan is back talking about the weekend. >>

. >>> a man shot a guys twice in the rear alley away in overbrook section. officers rushed the victim to the hospital in serious, but stable condition. investigators are trying to figure out what shot the man and why. >>> 5:05 a.m., happening today, after months of build up, the bill cosby sexual assault trial will begin in norristown. he is not expected to take the stand, but his accusers is expected to testify before the jury. in fact it will be the first time andrea constan will tell her story in public. she was a temple university basketball team staffer. the 79-year-old actor said the encounter was consensual. coming up at 6:00 a.m. we'll have a full preview live from the montgomery county courthouse. >>> happening today, closing arguments begin in the trial of lee kaplan, the bucks county man accused of sexually assaulting 6 girls from an amish family and fathering children from one of them. the parents gifted the girls to kaplan as thanks for financial help. the prosecution rested its case on friday, the defense did not present a case. >>> fire destro

. >>> philadelphia police need help finding two men who broke in the grocery store in overbrook.veillance shows men climbing through a broken window to get in deb's deli on the 6500 block of lansdowne avenue last movement after they got inside they stole cash, cartons of cigarettes, if you recognize either one of these men please cat police. >>> nypd is looking for two men wanted in connection to an assault at new york city deli that left an employee seriously injured. take a look at this video, two customers were so upset over a botched order that they started to, throwing avocados at a deli employee. that employee suffered a laceration and fractured to his face as well as a broken jaw, they got away in the dark colored sedan. >>> no amount of wedding planning could have seen this coming, police officer delivering bride to her very own wedding. bride says her limo broke down 30 minutes from the church, almost there, 30 minutes but greenville, south carolina police department rushed to the rescue. they didn't use lights, siren and they followed all traffic regulations and how abo

we know last night he was at his home in overbrook farms and apparently, because of the drum beat of continued testimony the allegations, the alleged crimes, perhaps, for seth williams he knew there was in other way out. seth williams career crumbled to the ground in an instant, his guilty plea triggered shock waves across political and legal circles. prosecutors confirmed at 1:00 o'clock thursday morning that philadelphia's disgraced philadelphia district attorney , raised the white flag this morning at 1:00 a.m. mr. berk reached me and said that they wanted to accept the deal that we had discussed which was, this plea to one count, and that you heard with an admission of all of the other criminal conduct in the indictment. >> reporter: while pleading guilty to the single bribery charge that could keep him in jail for five years, williams also admitted guilt to every allegation contained in the government's superseding indictment. >> afterthought full consultation over the last few days, with his family and his friend, seth williams has accepted responsibility. >> reporter: williams

teenager was again honored for his heroism today. 17-year-old rudy edwards ran into his burning home in overbrooko rescue his one-year-old nephew from a fire. that was late last month. this afternoon mayor jim kenney and the fire commissioner adam thiel recognized edwards for his bravery and held a celebration at the fireman's hall museum in olde city. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight we'll ride along with matt o'donnell in some exotic cars and we'll hear how you can get a closeup view for a good cause this weekend. >>> and the eagles take a field trip off the practice field. jeff skversky with more on today's team bonding experience. cecily. >> well, sky6 is showing the sunshine is back along with comfortably warm temperatures but we are going to get uncomfortable. i'm tracking record warmth on the way. our next heat wave. details in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues next. >> groundbreaking has happened. now the work begins to renovate stenton park in the logan section of philadelphia. the $2.8 million project includes a larger playgroun

rudy edwards ran into his burning home in the overbrook section to rescue his 1-year-old nephew fromhe fire. i believe that was his nephew he was holding. yesterday mayor kenny and the fire commissioner recognized him for his bravery. great work by rudy. congratulations. >>> defense will begin its case in the bill cosby sexual assault trial. the jury heard more deposition he gave and how he gave women quaahludes. despite his public statements that he would not take the stand in his own defense, a spokesman said this is remains a possibility. >> you know this is a trial and we have to come up with our counter moves and plan, as well. >> if he does testify, he is going to be subject to cross examination, a very long cross examination. a cross examination which could potentially open the door to other accusers. >> we're told the trial could wrap up next week. cosby faces up to ten years in prison if he is convicted. >>> 9:37 a.m., delaware spca has plans to reopen the flagship stanton shelter. they will she will the georgetown shelter to the pennsylvania based brandywine valley spca. th

today friends and family gaerd in overbrook to say good-bye.s the first african-american president and ceo. >>> a follow up on a lawsuit involving wawa and a convenience store. patterson based dawa says it will change its name after dawa sued the store. dawa is the casual way of saying come in korean. >>> take a look at this video. a woman dragged across the parking lot as she tried to stop two thieves. a man tried to grab her belongings from her car, and she tried to grab her belongings from their car door. she only had minor injures, and police are still looking for those thieves. >>> chief meteorologist glenn "hurrican "hurricane" schwartz is here. >> there's going to be a couple of days where you won't be able to see the skyline either because the clouds will be so low and there'll be a good bit of fog. 70s farther to the south. and at the jersey shore we had that onshore wind, temperatures kept down in the 60s for the most part. while it was warmer inhanland, we're going to be seeing warm weather on monday, except at the shore chilly tuesd

surveillance video shows the crime as it happened on may 29th at the deb deli in overbrook.pect was wearing a hooded nike pullover with the word elite across the front if you have information you are urged to call police. >>> right now lets check the traffic story, matt pellman in the traffic center -- >> we are looking like not a lot is happening right now at the tacony palmyra bridge we are waiting for the bridge to go up for a passing ship and rights now the traffic is moving fine across the tacony palmyra, at this point you do want to head for the betsy ross bridge instead. a live look at schuylkill expressway action cam here eastbound side of 76 is heavy from girard avenue into the vine street expressway typical afternoon volume we are watching here. there is a question in buckingham township bucks county. the intersection of 202 and 413 a busy intersection if the afternoon and this afternoon you are dealing with the accident there. the accident cleared at 295 southbound in mercer county but slow speeds south of route 1. and now a crash by the promenade in marlton at ev

overbrook high school held its graduation ceremony outside this morning. action cam was at the dell music center in fairmount park as the class of 2017 made their way across the stage. friends and family members looking on proudly. congratulations to all of them. >> what a feeling. all right, still to come on "action news" at 5:00 a check of that weekend forecast. >> as we look live outside friday night sky6 hd showing you the ben franklin bridge and not a bad evening. nice way to start the weekend but keep that umbrella handy. meteorologist melissa magee has your exclusive accuweather five day when we come back. >> ♪ >> time for a check of the accuweather forecast to your your weekend. >> meteorologist melissa magee in for cecily tynan. how does it look. >> it looks to stay a bit on the unsettled side. sky6 live down the shore in cape may kind of hard to make out the shot there. there's the beach and you can see the rip currents. we're dealing with a lot of low level moisture and a lot of fog as well so we've got a constant flow of moisture coming in from

placed his overbrook home on the market. he is going through a divorce if not a done deal already.is a lot for everyone but for a man tapped to fight crime in philadelphia the government says he was part of the problem, his lawyers say no crimes were committed when he received gifts and cash from friend willing to give them up. jury will to have make final decision and they were chosen yesterday 10 women, two men and alternates will hear opening statements today, judge paul diamond warned them this trial could go for three to four weeks but he wants it to be a speedy trial. many federal government's witnesses are current employees in the d.a.'s office but he says he wants to wrap things up quickly here so life can get back to normal in philadelphia, mike and alex. >> okay, lauren, cameras will be there. >>> a lot of you watched "good >> hello. >> what do you think of the new contract, five years in the making philadelphia teachers will that have new contract, they voted on it last night. >> they did to vote this agreement between union and school district but is there still another

we know last night he was at his home in overbrook farms and apparently, because of the drum beat of testimony the allegations, the alleged crimes, perhaps, for seth williams he knew there was in other way out. seth williams career crumbled to the ground in an instant, his guilty plea triggered shock waves across political and legal circles. prosecutors confirmed at 1:00 o'clock thursday morning that philadelphia's disgraced philadelphia district attorney , raised the white flag this morning at 1:00 a.m. mr. berk reached me and said that they wanted to accept the deal that we had

the action cam at the first day of fun at baker school in overbrook. children were excited to splash around and cool off on a humid afternoon. for a full list of pools across the city and their hours we've posted a link on 6abc.com. >> meteorologist adam joseph joining us now as we head into the holiday weekend. it's very hot and humid today here but as nora pointed out kind of nice at the shore today. >> yesterday when we were down there at the shore in ocean city that that wind was directly off the water and it did turn pretty chilly this time of day, same thing today, same thing tomorrow but it will warm up there as we get into sunday and monday. let's take a look at sky6 live in the weather send and you can see that haziness is back, the humidity also coming up along with those air temperatures so it is down right uncomfortable out there especially in inland locations despite there is a pretty hot breeze as you take a look at some of the heat indices 95 is what it feels like for wilmington also for trenton, 97 in reading, 99 in dover and 95 in mill