in lower salford township, a woman was found dead. two girls were taken from the home, but found safe a short distance away. we're following the killing spree in montgomery county, a number of locations, we've been waiting throughout the morning for a news conference from authorities, if we get that we'll bring it on air and online where you can find all the latest developments only the story at 6abc.com. >> overseas now we're following a developing story from sydney, australia. the hostage situation at a downtown cafe has couple to a dramatic end 16 hours after it starred. a short time ago several captives fled the building running with their hands up before heavily armed police moved in. we know some of the hostage also were injured. medic also rushed two people out on stretchers. police confirmed the operation was over and would not release any details built fate of the gunman. the suspect we're told is 50-year-old native of iran identified as man haron monis said to be a muslim cleric. he forced the hostage also to hold a black fl

in a home in lower salford township today.ound the body of a woman, stone's ex-wife. minutes later there was another 911 call about some shots fired inside a home in lansdale. two more people stone's exmother-in-law and her mother were also found dead. after that a third call came from a home in souderton where two more victims. were found and then just after 2:00 p.m., swat teams converged on stone's own house in pennsburg hoping to find him and stop him. >> let's head to "action news" reporter kenneth moton live outside the lower salford township police department in harleysville tonight with the latest on the manhunt. kenneth. >> reporter: rick, as we wait for police here to speak with the media, let me take you 10 miles north to a tense scene in pennsburg where swat teams surrounded a home at pottstown avenue and main street. police believe the suspected shooter bradley stone is in that house and we've heard them calling his name and using flash bangs. new information at this hour we're told stone is a marine reserveist wh

report, live from lower salford township. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news". >> let's go live to david henry live in souderton, 89 third location for the killing spree. david s.w.a.t teams have been on the scene all morning long there. >> reporter: they've here for 4 to 5 hours, moments ago a long column of s.w.a.t team vehicles moved out of here, that was after we heard a percussion bomb earlier today, that's what it sounded like. [bomb explosion] >> shortly after the flash bang went off, we saw somebody load into a ambulance and taken away. there have been medevac flights in and out of the area in the past half-hour. we are told that the suspect is still at large. they don't know where he is, they have been looking at another address of his up in pennsberg, there's a tactical unit and s.w.a.t team surrounding thatidents, as well. a teenager was gravelily injured taken -- gravely injured taken out of the house after the s.w.a.t team went in. there's a dangerous gunman at large, police are hunting him down, the s.w.a.t

this time from a neighbor of nicole hill in lower salford.lived there with the alleged gunman. >> mommy no. no, no. he said let's go. we got to go. the neighbor saw stone fleeing with the children. minutes later stone dropped the kids off with a family friend. >> that was the last tim seen by anyone. >>reporter:still search forgot bradley tone. they surrounded his home in pennsburg. out of the agents used robots to search the home. no sign of stone. >>reporter:he may have shaved his beard. he was a marine reservist. he served in iraq. he had recently shaved. as we reported the upper perkimen school district closed because of the search. >>> find out who made barbara walter's list of most fate fascinating list. >>> and more on the deadly >>> tonight we are learning more about the deadly hostage standoff if australia. it happened early monday morning. a 50-year-old took over this cafe. holding seven people inside. the suspect is an islamic and 16 hours after the standoff began a swat team moved in after they heard a number of gunshots inside. >

in lower salford. that is where a woman was found dead. victims in lansdale and souderton and they're now in pennsburg hoping to catch the alleged gunman behind it all. >> "action news" has been following this breaking story all day long the our reporters are at all four scenes tonight. let's begin with "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist who is live tonight from pennsburg. sarah. >> reporter: rick, the swat teams are set up here on the block several of them. they seem to be taking a very active stance as if anything -- if anything could happen at any moment now. we're losing our light here but if you move -- look down the block you can see two armored vehicles there, a big tan one like a military vehicle and a smaller one, a black one, an armored swat vehicle. there's little doubt from this vantage point that they believe bradley stone is in the house they're focused on and they're doing all they can to get him to surrender. this morning swat teams shut down the street and surrounded this row home on

. >>> police say these killings began this morning at a home in lower salford and officers found that ex-wife, body. from there police responded to three other locations, crimes scene in souderton, lansdale and search in pennsburg. >> we have live team three coverage. lets begin with "eyewitness news" reporter charlotte huffman. >> reporter: shooting spree started just before 4:00 o'clock at an apartment at the pheasant run complex, in lower salford where police found two exterior bullet holes and one dead, inside. neighbors say that stone's ex-wife, lives inside of the apartment. >> it really is devastating. young girl. >> reporter: , residents told cbs-3's steve paterson that the couple had an ongoing custody dispute. >> i heard four gunshots and i heard the kid screaming, mommy, we want mom, mom. i opened my window and asked him if everything was okay. he just looked at me and said she's hurt, hurt pretty bad, we have got to go. >> the kids were kicking and screaming. he was tracking the oldest and pulling the youngest by her hand, threw them in the car and took off. >> reporter: h

two bullet holes could be seen outside her pheasant run apartment complex in lower salford.esident told cbs3 steve patterson the couple had a bitter ongoing custody dispute. >> i heard four gun shots and i heard the can kids screaming mommy, no, we want my mom. i opened my window and i asked him was everything okay. he looked at me and just said she's hurt, she's hurt pretty bad. we got to go. >> when he was bringing the kids outside they were kicking and screaming. he had the oldest he was dragging her and he was pulling the youngest by her hand threw them in the car and took off. >> reporter: the children are safe. >> at approximately 5:00 in the morning shortly thereafter, mr. stone delivered his two daughters to a neighbor in pennsburg. >> reporter: at around 4:30 monday morning police in lansdale discovered the bodies of nicole stone's mother and grandmother inside a home on the 100 block of west fifth street. then just before 8:00 in the morning in souderton authorities went to the home of nicole's sister patricia flick. >> tragically miss flick her husband and 14-year

jan carabeo joins just lower salford township with the very latest thon story and the search. jan? >> reporter: ukee, erika, you mentioned it, in a over abundance of caution, upper perkioman schools are closed today as this manhunt continues. it is just the latest step in a officials are doing in hopes of pro tech ago community as this manhunt continues, this killer going on rampage, throughout several communities, in montgomery county on monday morning. >> officials say the killer is this man, 35 year old bradley stone of pennsburg. this is the most recent picture of him, released by officials late last night. authority say, stone shot and killed six people, and seriously injured a seventh person, all people with family ties, including his ex-wife. the first shooting happened around 3:30 monday morning here in souderton. the montgomery county district attorney says stone killed his former sister-in-law, her husband, their 14 year old daughter and seriously injured the couple's 17 year old son, then the d.a. says stone went to this home in lansdale, shot his former mother-in-law an

finally, authority say, he showed up here in lower salford, at the apartment of his ex-wife, 33 year old nicole stone, killed her, and then took the couple's two daughters, a neighbor recalls the frightening scene to our steve patterson. >> i heard four gunshots, and i heard the kids screaming: mommy, no, we want my mom. i opened my window, i asked him was everything okay. he looked at me and just said she's hurt, she's hurt pretty bad. we got to go, we got to go. >> neighbors tell "eyewitness news" the couple was going through bitter custody battle. their daughters were eventually found safe. >> mr. stone delivered his two daughters to a neighbor in pennsburg. >> stone is former marine who served in iraq in 2008 and was honorably discharged from the reserves in 2011: now, police say stone should be considered armed and dangerous. he's five-ten, 195 pounds, he could be using a cane, and he may bewaring fatigues and either a sand or a green color. anyone who sees him should call 911. reporting live, in lower salford, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> jan, we'll get back to you

we begin with jan carabeo in lower salford township. january? authorities still searching for bradley stone, the alleged killer has a military background, he is a former marine led authority for now montgomery counsel i communities alone. >> manna cured every killing six people, seriously injuring a seventh.

for now reporting live in lower salford township, annie mccorm make mcchannel6 "action news."jim. >> thank you annie. >>> walter perez is live on the 100 block of west fifth street where stone went to kill his former mother-in-law and her mother. walter app parentally folks there have seen family friction involving stone before. >> reporter: that's right, jim several neighbors telling us they saw stone verbally attacking his wife right here outside her mother's house, the same house where the ex-wife's mother and grandmother were murdered. neighbors were horrified this evening as the bodies of a 57-year-old woman and her 75-year-old mother were removed from their home where they were murdered this morning. investigators tell us they were the former in laws of the suspect identified as 35-year-old brad stone. people who lived here say they often saw the suspect angrily confronting his ex-wife outside her mother's home. >> they weren't getting along. they start arguing with one another. i don't want to you have her, i don't want you to see her, you know. i don't know if it was s

finally, showed up here in lower salford at the apartment of his ex-wife.y-three year old nicole stone. killed her, and took the couple's two daughters, a neighbor recalls the frightening scene to our steve patterson. >>> i heard four gunshots i owned my window, was everything okay? he looked at me and said she's hurt, hurt pretty bad. we got to go, we got to go. >> at approximately 5:00 a.m. shortly thereafter, mr. stone delivered his two daughters to neighbor in pennsburg and this glues the "eyewitness news" room, we've heard that pennridge school, will be open on modified schedule, inside today, nos as far as the search goes of course the killer still on the loose, police say, that stone should be considered armed and dangerous reporting live in lower salford, jan carabeo, "eyewitness news". >> jan, thank you. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch picks up our liver team coverage right now in doylestown. >> justin i understand you have information on possible siting, prompted lockdown since lifted. good morning resident here at bucks county still being

we begin with jan carabeo in lower salford township. january? >> more than 24 hours later, authorities still searching for bradley stone, the alleged killer has a military background, he is a former marine led authority for now montgomery counsel i communities alone. >> manna cured every killing six people, seriously injuring a seventh. all allman hunt on for branly stone of pen percent, what authorities say he looks like now latest photo every clean cut stone released late last night. >> we recovered his vehicle, and his personal cell phone we do not have information how he might be traveling. >> hunt for stone sent police into four communities monday. and forced evacuation every residents and the lockdown of schools. police say his killing spree started around 3:30 here in souderton, authorities say, stone killed his former sister-in-law, her husband, their 14 year old daughter and seriously injured the couple's 17 year old son. he had to be air lifted to the hospital. shot his mother-in-law, grandmother in law. finally showed up here in lower

news" reporter jan carabeo with the very latest on the investigation, she joins us know from lower salford montgomery county, jan, good morning. >> reporter: ukee, erika, good morning, such a tragedy here, all of the victims part of the same family and all have a tie to the killer. their search is on this morning for bradley stone, they've been searching ever since yesterday morning, it has been over 24 hours now since these killings started and in an over abundance of caution, the upper perkioman school district has already decided to close for the day. he's the manna cured of killing six people, and seriously injuring a seventh. all-out manhunt is on for 35 year old bradley stone of pennsburg. this is what authorities say he looks like now, the latest photo after clone-cut stone

police were called out to lower salford township this morning. lansdale, souderton and pennsbury. >> as we told you police are looking for this person right here. 35-year-old bradley stone. it's believed stone killed his ex-wife this morning and took off with their two children. the children were found safely a short time later but since then, police were called out to several other scenes in the county where bodies were found. stone is considered to be armed and dangerous and as you just heard he is still on the run right now. >> neighbors in the area want an toned this chaotic situation for them it's been intense day that saw some of them locked up behind closed december or evacuated. our joanne pileggi is live in pennsylvania berg with more on that. >> reporter: obviously a very tense situation. obviously people are scared. is bradley stone in his apartment here in pennsburg or has he fled? the swat team has been here all day and as you can imagine, the people in this community are very frighten. it's really crazy because i have kids that go t

finally, authority same, he showed up here in lower salford at the apartment of his ex-wife, 33 year old nicole stone. killed her, and took the couple's two daughters, a neighbor recalls the frightening scene to our steve patterson. >> i heard four gunshots, and i heard the kids screaming mommy, no, we want my mom. i opened my window and i asked him was everything okay, answer looked at me and just said she's hurt, she's hurt pretty bad, we got to go, we got to go. >> at approximately 5:00 in the morning shortly thereafter mr. stone delivered his two daughters to a neighbor in pennsburg. >> and coming up in our next half hour, we will learn more about stone's military backgrounds. but police say he should be considered armed and dangerous, he may be using a cane, and he may bewaring fatigues. if you see him, you're urged to call 911. reporting live outside of the lower salford police headquarters, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> thank you, january. the lock-down now left in the doylestown bucks county where it is believed stone tried to carjack a man last night. >> "eyewitn

upper salford township swenkzville road right at east park avenue.se caution at that intersection. that's not completely blocked off. however, you can expect lane restrictions there. this is a live look at 76 right near montgomery drive. that's the eastbound side as drivers make their way into center city. i mentioned no delays there and no delays so far on mass transit. however, i just want you to know new jersey transit on a modified weekday schedule patco operating on a special schedule for the day. and septa regional rail lines, a regular schedule is in effect. >>> 5:11 right now. we've been enjoying some of the lowest gas prices in years, but a new tax takes effect january 1st. we will tell you how much more you can expect to pay at the pump. >>> and we continue to count down to 2015. let's take a live look at times square right now. we'll show you how the big apple's getting ready for one of the biggest celebrations of the year. speaking of celebrations here's some of the things going on around our area for new year's eve. the city of allentown

we're at the pheasant run pardon mes here in lower salford township. there are bullet holes we can see where shots were fired from the inside of the second floor apartment. sources tell us a woman was shot and killed here this morning. neighbors have been standing around in shock, and the next door neighbor that i have been speaking about, she tells me that this started with a loud bang. she was sleeping at the time. she looked out her window and explains what happened. >> and i heard the gunshots. i heard four gunshots and i heard the kids say, mommy, no, we need my mom. i want my mom. he said let's go, we have to go now, we're leaving. i looked out my window. i seen his car parked next to mine. i seen the kids run to the car. i opened the window and i asked them was everything okay? he just looked at me and said, she's hurt pretty bad. we have to leave. she's hurt, and he just got in the car and just left. >> reporter: take another live look out here where you can see those two bullet holes. and that neighbor tells me the woman who was killed had pro

spree started just before 4:00 this morning at an apartment at the pheasant run complex in lower salford where police found two exterior bullet holes and one dead inside. neighbors say that stone's ex-wife, lives inside of the apartment, and told cbs-3's steve paterson that the couple had an ongoing custody dispute. >> i heard, four gunshots, and i heard the kids screaming mommy, i want my mom. >> i opened up my window and canned was everything okay. he looked at me and just said she's hurt. she's hurt bad. we have got to go. >> when he was bringing kids outside they were kick and screaming. he was dragging her. he was pulling youngest with the fire in hand, and threw him in the car and took off. >> reporter: half hour later police received a call at this home in the hundred block of west fifth street in lansdale, inside, two people were found dead. >> then around 8:00 police found more victims a at a home near far field and franklin streets in souderton. it is not yet clear how many people were killed there but we do know a teenage boy was flown to the hospital. now, lets take another l

there's there's another scene they are investigating in lower salford township which is near lands whereen place, but the victim ended up at a location in lansdale. we're sorting it out at "action news," chopper 6 will remain at the scene in lansdale. >> matt has more details on the traffic situation. >> reporter: details coming in on the shootings. this is what we have with locations, these are the spots you want to avoid. main street route 63 at godshall road get around that, clemens to the north or morris to the south and pierce street at 5th. 7th, walnut get you around that. we'll be watching the shootings, obviously not something you want to start the morning with. mayfair in frankford avenue, we got word from katherine scott that they reopened frankford avenue, that's good news. i-95 heading toward the work zone at 9 miles per hour. southbound delay this is the scene southbound by the betsy ross bridge it's heavy around cottman and past bridge street through this point into girard with the normal morning volume. let's cross the rivera to maple shade we had a nasty does he want nort

they got that fixed so no need to worry about that anymore but there's a crash in upper salford alongsville road east of the perkiomen greek. word of a crash in east greenwich southbound side of the jersey turnpike exit two. lanes are opened now in bellmawr on 295 southbound. overnight construction zone approaching 42 has cleared out. matt. >> thank you matt. >>> we begin with breaking news in the search for the airasia jetliner. more bodies have been found plus a number of media outlets are reporting an indonesian sonar picked up the plane's location. however abc news says other reports conflict. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live at the sat center to sort out these overnight developments. katherine. >> reporter: the associate press is among those reporting that sonar equipment has detected wreckage at the bottom of the sea but it's unclear what kind of condition that wreckage is that in. search and rescue teams have been contending with inclement weather, high surf strong winds and currents that are hampering the search. so much grief, so many questions. some fainted aft

two others in lansdale and the 5th one in lower salford township. he is a military veteran. once again, five people have been killed and police say the gunman is at large. "action news" is continue to update the breaking story on air and 6abc.com. >>> let's go to matt pellman. >> reporter: matt, just a couple of traffic troubles to get you into work, one on i-95 southbound in delco a crash approaching ridley park off to the side. i-95 in wilmington, the ramp to the southbound lanes to 202 southbound reopen after being closed last week from construction. there's a protest in wilmington that's going to block king streets. septa regional rails new schedules took effect yesterday. if the train doesn't arrive when you expect it to, that's probably why. >> karen rogers has the forecast. >> reporter: matt we have sun and clouds up above. temperatures are not too bad, 4 # degrees. high of 46. mostly cloudy skies, but sunshine mixing with the clouds in the afternoon. tomorrow, rain arrives in the after and evening the first day-park forecast of hanukkah. wed

two bullet holes could be seen outside her pheasant run apartment complex in lower salford.esidents told cbs3 steve patterson the couple had a bitter on-going custody dispute. >> i heard four gunshots. and i heard the kids screaming mommy, no, we want my mom. i opened my window and i asked him was everything okay and he look at me and just said, she's hurt. she's hurt pretty bad. we got to go. we got to go. >> when he was bringing the kids outside they were kicking and screaming. he had the oldest he was dragging her and pulling the youngest by her hand through them in the car and took off. >> the children are safe. >> at approximately 5:00 in the morning shortly thereafter mr. stone delivered his two daughters to a neighbor in pennsburg. >> reporter: around 4:30 monday morning police in lansdale discover the bodies of nicole stone's mother and grandmother inside a home on the 100 block of west fifth street. then just before 8:00 in the morning in souderton authorities went to the home of nicole's sister patricia flick. >> tragically miss flick, her husband 14 year old daugh

police in lower salford township say they got a 911 from a resident at pheasant run apartments on maintreet. they found stone's ex-wife, 33-year-old nicole hill, in an upstairs bedroom dead and their two daughters missing. minutes later, mr. stone delivered his two daughters to a neighbor in pennsburg. a half hour before stone's ex-wife was discovered police say stone was in lansdale where he shot and killed his former mother-in-law, joanne hill, and her 75-year-old mother. an hour before that, around 3:30 a.m. investigators believe stone got into a souderton home, he gunned down the woman, her husband and they're 14-year-old daughter. a 17-year-old boy was also shot in the head but he did survive. with the ongoing manhunt we know police have put other family members into protective custody and we will have more on the mass murders in the next half hour. our coverage of the shooting spree also continues on 6abc.com. there you can find pictures and video from all of the crime scenes and of course continuous updates on the investigation. we're also following breaking news out of pakistan

police were called out to lower salford township, lansdale, souderton and pennsburg. police are looking for this man, 35-year-old bradley stone. it's believed he killed his ex-wife this morning and took off with their two kids. the kids were found safely a short time later. since then, police were called out to several other scenes in the county where other bodies have been found. right now, stone is still considered on the loose and is being called armed and dangero dangerous. >> we have live team coverage tonight beginning with our brad satin who is live in lower salford tonight. brad? >> reporter: yeah, guys. we're in the process right now of waiting for a news conference to get started run by the montgomery county district attorney. now, we were expecting that at around noon. so at this point it's more than five hours ago clearly there is a lot to sort out. there are a lot of locations here and as a result no one has come out to tell us anything really officially. we do know that the district attorney released a statement probably about 90 minutes ago basically ou

then he drove to lower salford where he killed nicole stone. neighbor reports hearing four shots and then kids yelling mommy, mommy no, i want my mom. stone forcibly removed his two young girls which he later dropped off with a neighbor. stone left no form of communication explaining his actions but it apparent a custody battle over two children had something to do witt. the authorities say bradley stone sought an emergency court order last week seeking custody of the children but was denied. >> he was dissatisfied with that. but there is no excuse, there is no valid explanation, there is no justification, for snuffing out these six innocent lives, and then injuring another child. >> reporter: if the answers remained illusive, tonight some neighbors brought a candle the to the home on fourth street looking for healing and trying to move on. >> we just felt that we should shed some light and try to bring some pennsylvania peace to the neighborhood and remember those that were lost. >> reporter: tonight, the stone's two children remain in protect

then he drove to lower salford where we killed nicole stone. then nicole as kids yelling, mommy, monic mommy, no. i want my mom. stone apparently left no form of communication explaining his actions. it was apparent that a custody battle over the two children had something to do with it. bradley stone sought an emergency court order seeking custody of the children but denied. >> he was dissatisfied with that. there is no excuse. there is nod explanation. they brought a candle looking for healing and trying to move on. >> we wanted to shed some light and bring peace to the neighborhood and remember those that were lost. >>reporter:tonight the stones' two children remain in protective custody. they will decide who will normally get custody. theerton community is starting fund. >>> those that knew bradley stone are shocked that he carried out this mass murder. they describe stone as a normal helpful guy. >> the person that i knew was not like that. he was always helping, always doing things to help, the club, the members. the servicemen. he was al

during the course of the investigation into those two incidents, both in lansdale and in lower salford, shortly before 8:00 in the morning, we went over to a residence in souderton, that is the residence of the sister of nicole stone, patricia flick, a tragically we found at that residence miss flick, her husband and two children had been injured, tragically miss flick, her husband and her 14-year-old daughter were killed at the residence, and a 17-year-old son was found there and is now receiving treatment at a hospital in philadelphia. it appears, through our investigation, the events that took place in souderton took place first at approximately 3:30 in the morning. so while last discovered, first in time. and at this point, we are searching for mr. stone. we are looking at some known locations, and i know that members of the media are at different locations right now and aware of those searches. and we're also reaching out to the public to see if anyone has sight of him. as we stand here right now, we do not know where he is. we are -- we do not have vehicle information we covered

kenneth moton is at lower salford police quarters and annie mccormack. >>> the hunt for stone, why? >>reporter:jim, they believe that they have good evidence that they believed that he was here. the canines picked up his scent. the police are searching nearby. chopper~6 hd in the area. they are looking for evidence. they believe they are looking for the weapon used in the attempted carjacking. the y.m.c.a. remains on lockdown. in nearby warrington are receiving robocalls from the police to stay indoors as the search expands to that area as well. they picked up his scent. they sent in one of the choppers with a infrared camera to hope that they pick up his heat signature with you no go. there were reports of shots fired but no one hit in doylestown. a man that resembled stone fled into a wooded area. earlier in the day there was an extensive search for him in pennsburg. the daughter was evacuated early in the morning. >> i got a bang on my door. it as swat team. we had to get out immediately. there was a problem on the street that was unsafe to stay in your house. >> it's scary. it's

in souderton here in lansdale and also in lower salford township. all in montgomery county.ok the suspect bradley stone about one and a half hours to go to each of those houses in those areas to execute his ex-wife and her family. now the killing spree started early yesterday morning just before 5:00 a.m. police in lower salford township say they got a 911 call from a resident at if he is sander -- pheasant run apartments and they found nicole hill dead and two daughters missing. later mr. stone delivered his two daughters to a neighbor in pennsburg. a half hour before stone's ex-wife was discovered police say stone was in lansdale where he shot and killed his form are mother-in-law joanne hill and her 75-year-old mother. an hour before that around 3:30 a.m. investigators believe stone got into a souderton home, he gunned down the woman, her husband and their 14-year-old daughter. a 17-year-old boy was also shot in the head but he survived. and with the ongoing manhunt we know police have put other family members into protective custody. we will have much more on the mass mu

police then suspect he went to his ex-wife's house in allower s salford and shot her to death. >> i heard gunshots and i heard the kids yelling mommy, no, no. >> she was a sweet girl. her mom was always over here helping her. >> reporter: neighbors called 911 and reported seeing stone taking his two daughters from the house in their pajamas. he delivered the girls, unharmed, to a neighbor before fleeing. they are looking at a wooded area where he may be hiding. some businesses and schools are staying closed for the day. the police are describing stone as extremely dangerous and asking the public to call 911 if anyone sees him. susan saulny, abc news, washington. >>> and sadness and tears across sydney, australia, this morning, shaken by the violent end to the 16 hour standoff that claimed the lives of the gunman and his hostages. tory johnson was killed reportedly trying to take the gun from him. and also killed was katrina dawson, a lawyer and mother of three. and prime minister tony abbott was among the mourners. abc's david wright is there. >> reporter: the fear is balanced now by a sh

upper salford a crash to watch out for along shanksville road at park avenue. 295 and southbound between the black horse pike and 42 blocking a couple lanes for a little more than an hour but the construction on 42 northbound has cleared. tam. >> okay, thank you matt. >>> it's not clear yet what caused a man to lose control and slam into a school in northeast philadelphia. chopperchopper 6 hd flew oversaid last night as officers responded to arts academy at benjamin rush. you can see where a car drove through a fence into the building. police say the 36-year-old driver was treated at the hospital and then released. >> police in south jersey have arrested a man who they say secretly recorded a woman in her own bathroom plus another woman and they are trying to find out if there are other victims. the woman says she knows the suspect, 25-year-old carl camp jr. of mag noelle y she believes he set up a cell phone in her bathroom during a visit to her home in gloucester township. she found it and reported it to police. police later determined a second woman was secr

miles an hour dumping light accumulation where you see that dark purple between pats town and upper salfordthis is stretching down towards norristown, 202, glenside and into places like mount airy. if you live in this area, montgomery county even northern parts of chester please take it easy. area roads untreated will be snow covered and slick. right now temperatures below freezing so it is sticking to the ground where we have those untreated surfaces on the streets as well. in the poconos the feel-like reading is at 15. for the rest of the night and overnight areas of light snow reduced visibility at times with sub freezing temperatures we will be seeing some icy spots. come tomorrow temperatures will be rising through the 30's but it will be a cold day. look at those wind chills, staying in the 20's. we'll talk about a warmup in the seven day and more sunshine in the forecast as well a little bit later on in the broadcast. for now, jess, we'll send it back to you. >> kathy thank you. >>> drivers in the area are watching the snowflakes and the temperatures tonight. "eyewitness news" report

no and he said let's go reporter: at 4:55 police in lower salford township say they got a 911 call fromesidents at pheasant run apartments on main street. they found stone's ex-wife, 33-year-old nicole hill in an upstairs bedroom dead with a gun shot wound to the head. their two daughters missing. >> at approximately 5:00 in the morning shortly thereafter mr. stone delivered his two daughters to a neighbor in pennsburg. that is the last time he was seen by anyone. >> reporter: a half hour before stone's ex-wife was discovered, police say he was in lansdale on the 100 block of west fifth street where he shot and killed his 57-year-old former any other law, joanne hill, and her 75-year-old mother. an hour before around 3:30 a.m., investigators believe stone got into the souderton home of his exsenator law patricia flick at penn and garfield avenues. he gunned down the woman, her husband and their 14-year-old daughter. a 17-year-old boy was also shot in the head but survived. the horrible discovery was made around 8:00 a.m. >> it appears through our investigation that the events that took

crash in upper salford on schwenksville road.y're still working to retrieve this vehicle that ran off the roadway in east greenwich gloucester county. new jersey turnpike southbound approaching exit two for 322 but all the activity is off to the side so the lanes are old. we have some construction activity in penns grove along 130 southbound past 48 harding highway blocking the right lane for the next half hour. matt and tam. >> thank you matt. >>> we begin with new developments in operation to recover airasia flight 8501. several media outlets are reporting that sonar has picked up the plane upside down beneath the surface of the java sea. >> however abc news is telling us that they're hearing conflicting reports on this and that they've not been able to confirm that information. >> "action news" reporter katherine scott is following these details live from the satellite center. katherine. >> reporter: matt and tam that's right, there are multiple reports that sonar equipment has detected wreckage at the bottom of the sea but it

on the northeast extension you're dealing with wet conditions and foggy weather us a travel around salfordery county. matt and tam. >> thank you, matt. >>> it was a very sad scene in knoxville, tennessee yesterday. two school buses collided killing two students and an adult aide. officials have not released the name but they did say that the children who died were in the third grade or below. another twenty seven people were injured, three of them seriously. >>> an arizona teen will probably never forget his house key again. the 13-year-old boy got locked out, decide to do climb in through the chimney and got stuck. the teen used his cell phone to call 911. rescuers pulled him out safely. he was shaken up but not hurt. >> the sixers can make history tonight if they lose again they tie the nba record for the most losses to start the season which stands at 18. they may have a chance to actually win this one. they play the minnesota timberwolves who only have four wins. while we're on the subject of losing, the flyers did it the hard way in san jose last night. oh, the sharks scored the winni

mourners reflected by candle light in lower salford. bradley stone allegedly killed his ex-wife nicole hill. hill's mother and grandmother and three members of her sister's family were murdered at other locations. hill's nephew an thee slick was the only survivor. brad stone was found in pennsberg, officials say stone and hill were in the middle of a custody dispute. >>> we're staying on top of breaking news, a massive fire whipping through an apartment building in delaware. that fire claimed one life. we have a crew on the ground right there seeking more information. >>> sky6 live hd taking a live look for us now, over camden. meteorologist chris sowers is back next would your exclusive accuweather -- with our exclusive accuweather forecast. stay with us. >> an important week in the weather department, santa claus is going to make his trip this week. >> reporter: he'll need a slicker and galoshes. do they still use the term galoshes? >> i think my grandma does. [laughter]. >> reporter: there's the view of atlantic city, you can see clo

lower salford, pennsylvania. bill: heavy way to start the work. we'll keep you updated on sydney and pennsylvania. martha: we'll see you back here tomorrow. >> breaking news right now. as we've been reporting out of sydney, australia, where a terrifying ordeal for hostages by a self-declared islamic sheikh is now over. thanks for joining us this monday. i'm leland vittert in for jon scott. >> imheather nauert in for. in the downtown in the heart of sydney, australia, listen to this. [. [gunfire] heather: that drama played out. as frightened hostages making a break for freedom. running to officers and some appeared injured and in need of medical assistance. this follows an intense landoff followed more than 16 hours. groups of hostages managed to get out at different types. we don't know how they got out or if they were released of the police spent hours negotiating with the gunman. he is an iranian refugee with a violent criminal past. >> we have fox team coverage. greg palkot with breaking details from london. james rosen live from the white hous

today months crime scene spanning across montgomery county from lower salford township to souderton andansdale. the swat team spent hours at stone's own home in pennsburg. we have live team coverage tonight as the hunt for stone now expands. shawnette wilson is live in harleysville where stone allegedly killed his ex-wife but we start tonight with chris o'connell in doylestown with the search. chris? >> reporter: dawn, the day long manhunt for the man police say killed six people continues at this hour but it continues in doylestown tonight. 35-year-old bradley stone is still on the loose but there was a siting of him. police believe in the last two hours right here outside the stoning farms apartment complex. police believe he may have been involved in an attempted carjacking by a man fitting stone's description wearing fatigues. shots were fired here. that's when a man ran into the woods. that began all out search here in doylestown. now, swat teams have been criss-crossing the county at least four different crime scenes for hours tactical units armored trucks, camped outside of stone

upper salford, another crash sumneytown pike at old skippack road.but be aware for police activity on the scene. currently mass transit dart, new jersey transit running on running on time. septa running with modified schedule. back to you. >> some scary moments for passengers after a plane is forges today make an emergency landing at philly international airport. take a look at this video. one passenger shared with "eyewitness news", you can see flames shooting from one of the planes' engines. the us air express flight was headed from fill toy manchester, new hampshire yesterday. when the pilot turned around, and landed safely. the man who took the cell phone video talked about the ordeal. >> suddenly like allowed bang, just bang. and flames shot by my window. and about 52nd later same thing, boom. flames shot by my window. and at this point like people on the plane thought that we were going to die. >> now, although the engine issued caused quite a scare as you might imagine none of the 75 passengers and four crew on board was hurt. >>> happening to

left-hand side of your screen, about to do a news conference in lower salford, pennsylvania.eavy way to start the work. we'll keep you updated on sydney and pennsylvania. martha: we'll see you back here tomorrow. >> breaking news right now. as we've been reporting out of sydney, australia, where a terrifying ordeal for hostages by a self-declared islamic sheikh is now over. thanks for joining us this monday. i'm leland vittert in for jon scott. >> imheather nauert in for. in the downtown in the heart of sydney, australia, listen to this. [. [gunfire]

and upper salford there's a crash along sumneytown pike at old skippack road.g green lane at pacific avenue. tam. >> thank you matt. >>> let's go to sky 6 hd and take live look across center city. temperatures have dropped. you see how chilly the weather will be today. let's go on over to meteorologist, david murphy. good morning. >> lots of clouds across the region tam right now. take a look at storm tracker 6 live double scan. we have a couple of rain and snow showers in extreme south jersey and delaware. so be careful where those are hitting. they should be gone a little bit later this morning. 33 degrees in philadelphia right now so we are off to that expected cold start. and there's a bit of a breeze today. and a high of only 39. >>> so it's coat weather all the way. tomorrow new year's eve a high of just 35 degrees getting down to about 28 by midnight as we step outside tam. >> okay come in and get warm. thank you david. >>> that's it for us. we'll see in you 30 after more from "gma." >> ♪♪ ♪ welcome to new york ♪ ♪ it's been waiting for you welcome to ne

and then moved over to harleysville in lower salford township killed his ex-wife, took his two kids,old, his daughters, and then dropped them off in pennsburg 20 minutes later. then yesterday evening somebody thought they saw him in doylestown, and then, a k-9, a police dog, seemed to get a hit, tracking him up in the warrington area and that is where our steve keeley is, right now, steve, what do you have. >> reporter: mike, less's add a one more at tome that time line and it is only positive thing on here. twenty-nine hours and counting and an amazing story of survival as we show you fog up here and latest search area. seventeen year-old anthony flick, lone survivor in the rampage, his family entirely wiped out. he was among first people affected by this and his family first people shot and attacked but last found in their home in souderton as his mom, dad, and four year-old sister was killed. anthony had three fingers cut off by the killer and then stabbed trying to save his sister nina around 3:00 in the morning. then not even found until authorities set off that flash bang aroun