with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> we are following breaking news from philadelphia police this afternoon two men are charged in the murder of robert wilson iii and new information is released about the shoot that claimed his life. sara bloomquist is off and the big story on "action news" is the gun battle that killed a police officer yesterday. both suspects are identified and charged with murder. eva pilgram just got an update and she joins us live from headquarters. >> reporter: rick, we are learning more about the two men accused of murdering a police officer. they are brothers police say they both have criminal history and officers found an ak-47 at one of their homes last night and in one of their confessions they said the guns taken from the robbery scene that they used were bought off the streets. ramon williams and karl hipps were taken into custody and charged. meanwhile investigators are learning more about what happened inside of the store. >> when you look at the actions of the officer he redefined what a hero is all about one he steppe

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, sara bloomquist is off, in the news, new information about the arrest of two local college football players and also students diagnosed with whooping cough the health alert from officials in delaware county. but the big story a man accused of killing a brother and sister in a drunk driving crash. the suspect will go to trial after waiving a preliminary hearing. annie mccormick is live. >> reporter: the brother and sister are still recovering because of their injuries they are unable to make it today so many of their friends came today to show their support. >> a constable led him out of this justice hearing in handcuffs. according to an affidavit it was on valentine's day at northship road and route 100 where hannigan hit their minivan killing brother and sister miles and charlotte. the mother and father and sisters were also injured. he faced two counts of driving under the influence and several more charges stemming from the crash. the hannigan family including miles and charlotte were members of t

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with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, sara bloomquist is off and in the news a woman's burned body is discovered in a westd philadelphia home and a new lawsuit claims there is a hidden danger in some popular wines and the big story is one last snowfall in the final hours of winter. not a major storm but not what we want to see on march 20th the day spring officially arrives and enough to send local schools home early, we are running a list at the bottom of your screen now. john rawlins in allentown and ep is in allentown but lets begin with melissa magee with the latest from accuweather. >> mother nature says winter is not done until 6:45 this evening and we are dealing with snowfall across the delaware and lehigh valley, we see that in interior sections of new jersey, and light rainfall along the tip of south jersey and cape may, but i want to go in tighter for street level for southern sections of camden county and areas in southern burlington and also into northern sections of atlantic county you can see the lavender in speedwell, thi

sara bloomquist is live at the penndot yard in norristown but first lets get the latest accuweather information from cecily tynan and adam joseph. >> jim stormtracker 6 live double scan showing right now we are dealing with just rain across the viewing area and the bulk of it across the south and east of philadelphia, an easier commute than this time last night when we had the freezing rain and ice, millville 43 and allentown 39d and wilmington 43 and temperatures are plunging into the overnight hours there is a big contrast atlanta, it's 73 degrees, st. louis 24 degrees that is almost a 53 degree drop and 400 miles so where we have this boundary from the warm air and the arctic air this is where the cold front has set up and this has a lot of moisture stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the plume of moisture from new england down into texas there is low pressure that is moving into the tennessee valley what that low pressure will do is bring that moisture our way at the same time and we have the arctic air moving in from the north and west and this rain turns to sleet and then snow in the

live in south philadelphia i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. live on lehigh street in allentown tonight is lehigh valley correspondent, walter perez, what are the conditions there. >> reporter: well, jim an hour ago the sleet was coming down and it let up a little bit but it is raw and nasty here in allentown. this is a live look at lehigh street, it started at light snow and then stopped for a while during the afternoon but what ensued is what you see here, what is sleet sticking to the roadway and the sidewalks for that matter there were several school districts that called forever early dismissals and there was a lot of activities that are rescheduled or canceled all together salt trucks and flows have come through here but they can only do so much, it's tough conditions for commuters and pedestrians as well. >> thank you walter. the next couple of days are going to be difficult ones, we urge you to stay with 6abc.com/weather, and there you can all find live stormtracker 6 live double scan radar and the accuweather forecast. check our list o

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news a highway police chase unfolded this and morning and the crash of two vehicles sends a suv into a montgomery creek. >>> but the big story is not one but two winter storms coming our way in the next two days. >> one is expected this afternoon and some schools are dismissing early here is the list on the bottom of your screen. lets get the latest from melissa magee in for david murphy. >> we are tracking moisture getting closer and closer to the delaware valley, the snow is in areas of south jersey and delaware and western suburbs and virga it is snow in the

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara is off and we begin with breaking news, a 4-year-old child is found safe after being abducted in south philadelphia. he was taken from his home on the 2800 block of hope street his mother told police her ex-boyfriend carlos lebron jr. put on a ski mask and took the child without permission just before 3:00 a.m. they located the child and took lebron into custody. we'll update the story on "action news" beginning at 4:00 and 6abc.com. >>> police are trying to identify the gunman that kill aid man walking his dog last night. investigators think that the victim was a victim of robbery. eva pilgram is live at the scene in the overbrook section of philadelphia and she has the very latest. >> reporter: rick neighbors are out here all morning talking to each other just in utter disbelief about a man that was very well liked and to have walk lost his life doing something they do every day, walking his dog. >> this is horrible such a great neighborhood. nothing happens like that arm here. >> i was ac

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, sara bloomquist is off, in the news a large fight brings police to a new jersey high school what we know about the brawl this morning. and one accident causes massive headaches for drivers on the ben franklin bridge what was inside the truck that made tractor trailer cleanup to difficult. >>> and the big story is preparations for one final storm of the winter season. the action cam found trucks dropping brine solution across the tri-state area, we expect snow and rain during the friday morning commute just hours before the official start of spring ironically, david murphy is tracking everything from the big board. >> when all of us thought maybe we were done, a winter weather advisory started in the morning and going into the evening, wildwood and dover you'll get mainly rain but the rest of this will see a portion of this storm system as wet snow and the farther north you go it's all wet snow, it's mostly wet on the roadways but slippery travel is possible. a few high thin clouds today and there is

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news two students apologized for leading a racist chant at the university of oklahoma. >> and a safety precaution for students after reports of a man with a gun at a philadelphia elementary school. >> but we begin this noon with a developing story 11 marines and soldiers presumed dead after a military helicopter crash in florida. rescuers already recovered some of the bodies and wreckage. here is the very latest. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the coast guard said that debris and human remains are recovered off the coast of the florida panhandle. they are continuing the search for the 11 troops that were on a special training ops mission last night. it was 8:30 last night when their chopper went missing in heavy fog after leaving elgin air force base innence encenence pensacola the marines were from camp lejeune in north carolina and the marines were from louisiana. >> a reminder to those that serve put themselves at risk during training and in combat. the helicopter when down near pensac

live in woodbury i'm sara bloomquist channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. word has come that police have found the body of 26-year-old erica kripin in sikesville, maryland she went missing on new years eve but deputies were able to fine her using the gps from her alleged killer. >> reporter: fascinating story the search for erica's body is going on for months and law enforcement focused on an every day technology, a gps device but apparently it records where it has been and that was a big break. >> yesterday at approximately 12:12 p.m. the body of erica kripin was discovered in sikesville maryland. >> that discovery, 140 miles from her home turns on an every day gps device. >> the kind you and i can go "electronics store and buy it was a garmin. >> it's believed she was killed december 31st and her husband was arrested on january 12th this red ford that crosby was driving had a gps and had a memory of where the car stopped in the prior days and it showed crosby went to rural money and marked two locations one he marked as idk which took as i don't know and

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news two americans were on the flight that went down in france yesterday. the new information about that plane crash. >> and a thief at work inside a local supermarket, the bold way he stole thousands of dollars in groceries. >> but the big story is rain heading our way as we look outside at sky 6 hd at the jersey shore in atlantic city. we are expecting afternoon showers you can tell from the sky that things are starting to gray out there a bit. david murphy joins us with the latest at the big board. >> there is rain from the western suburbs, stormtracker 6 live double scan tracking it for you. mostly light precipitation, you can see through this series of images, we get yellow popping up and it doesn't last long and this is nuisance precipitation and the western half of newcastle county delaware and those of you in south jersey and the delaware bay are close to seeing the first drops. it's colder in pottsville and areas north of harrisburg, so perhaps a bit of wet snow popping up here an

. >>> sara bloomquist is live in roxborough sampling reaction from fans. what have you heard tonight? >> reporter: jim, eagles fans are skeptical they want to think that chip kelly has a grand plan but they don't see it. this is what some had to say. >> stupid. that is all i can say about it. how are you doing to build a team have you to build a championship team with championship players. >> i don't know what he is doing, i don't understand what he is doing with everything. >> what is he blowing up the team, he is just blowing it up. taking it from hingy. >> i like nick foles when he was there, i thought he was a good quarterback and i was hoping we could hold on to him for a couple more years. >> as long as they get mariota. >> you that i is the goal here? >> they are being really aggressive. >> we'll have to wait and see in the send what it is going to be. and if it all works out i hope to god it does. >> so eagles fans anxious to see what chip kelly's next move will be they are headed home tonight to check their dresser drawers to figure out which eagl

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news this noon, a terror suspect with ties to new jersey we are following his first court appearance in new york. and classes resume for students in montgomery county after their private school burned down. >> but the big story on "action news" is the aftermath of a four alarm fire that forced 100 people out of their homes this is how it looked as flames engulfed apartments yesterday in northeast philadelphia firefighters are still putting out hot spots more than 19 hours after the blaze broke out. this morning chopper 6 hd gave us a better look at what is left. the roof is gone and many people lost everything. david henry is live from the scene with an update. >> reporter: good afternoon sara, the recovery and the cleanup and investigation is underway you can see the damage behind me 116 apartments in this building destroyed by fire leaving almost every resident with nothing. >> it was awful. it really was, they lost everything. absolutely everything. there is nothing left, not even a bac

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon we begin with rain on the way we enjoy another day of mild conditions and rain will dampen the mood. sky 6 hd looking at the center city skyline we had sunshine this morning but clouds increase this afternoon after wet weather moves in. david murphy is tracking this at the big board. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan already showing us that the atmosphere is beginning to get moist down by baltimore and gettysburg and dover delaware this initial precipitation may not be hitting the ground but we are setting the table for that precipitation coming in from the south and west. the system extends towards cincinnati and nashville. this is pushing past us and bringing us the majority of rain the low pressure is swooping by to the south as well. some clouds are rolling and we started with how this was this morning going to change and there is that rain, the initial onslaught of it is not all that heavy, enough to slow things down on the roads and getting steadier toward rush hour the wide view it moves in

sara bloomquist is live now in university city. >> reporter: jim the drexel campus quiet tonight this is spring break but in this internet age the few students on campus quickly learned today that one of americans killed in the plane crash graduated from drexel and today we learn more about emily selke and her mother yvonne who also died in the plane that went down in the french alp. we learned that american emily selke was on the flight traveling with her mother, yvonne, when the plane crashes in the french alps, emily was an industry major who graduated in 2013 in a statement they said drexel is saddened to learn about the tragedy of emily selke and her mother. >> feel terrible for her family. >> she was a member of the national service sore orty gamma sigma sigma. >> they said she was an integral part of you growing chapter and embodied the spirit of sigma sigma, she put everybody before her self and cared deeply for everybody in her life. she works for allen hamilton in d.c. and worked for the pentagon. >> in a statement the selke said we are deeply saddened by the loss of emily a

continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist david murphy. >> sara is off and here are the stories we are following for you now. the snow is back just hours before spring arrives, we have team coverage tracking the final blast of winter. and a man is in custody after he aimed a shotgun at officers. and hundreds of bags of heroin found on a man that tried to fight off police. >>> and now the details one final blast of winter, from mobile 6 you see the flakes falling from city avenue in philadelphia this was five hours ago and sky 6 hd is giving you a live look at the center city skyline, and right now the snow is still falling but it's also wet out there as well. now a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we are still in the thick of the storm which is expected to keep snow coming until the evening commute. early dismissals started rolling in from schools around our region and those are scrolling at the bottom of your screen and you can find them on 6abc.com. all right we have live team coverage of this parting shot from old man winter, nora muchanic is in new jer

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news, new video of an armed robbery inside of a local market. what happened to a suspect after he fled the scene. >>> and a woman is hit by two cars. the tragedy at a buck county intersection. >> but the big story is the accidents that left a school bus inside of a house. the driver jumped the curve and hit the bus incredibly nobody was hurt. it happened in blue bell, montgomery county off 202. now they are trying to determine what happened and how to remove the bus without having the house collapse. walter perez joins us live from the scene. >> reporter: we'll take you right to the scene as you can see it's quite a scene. it didn't just hit the house it went into the house at 7:45 this morning. there were 10 people inside of building and three people inside. and no serious injuries reported. the driver never slumped over a few children said he started hyperventilating when he hit the gas and careened into the home and we spoke with a sixth grader who stayed calm and saved the day. >> i tho

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara is off, in the news three people were killed in a deadly late night shooting in philadelphia. >>> and in new york city firefighters are still on the scene of that massive fire after an explosion sent four buildings up into flames. >>> but the big story is the arrest of two suspects after a woman was assaulted and robbed at the betsy ross bridge. the victim was on the way home from the gym when she was suddenly attacked. the suspects both under the able of 18 are both in custody. david henry joins us live. >> reporter: the detectives here have now charged the two teenage suspects with multiple crimes including rape and robbery. >> it happens just after 11:00 last night as the 19-year-old victim was walking home from the gym, she told her that two teenagers came up and started following her and the suspects thought she was calling the police and knocked the phone out of her hand. >> took her behind the building at richmond street next to the train tracks and robbed her for money and cell phone

"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams sara bloomquist and meteorologist.>> hello again here are the stories we are working on for you on "action news" at 12:30. mother nature has another round of precipitation and melissa magee is tracking the next blast that could mean trouble for your trip home and a massive metal plant fire. and an attempted robbery while the victim was orderering dinner. >>> now the detail the mess that mother nature continues to throw our way here is a live look at center city on sky 6 hd calm and on the cloudy side right now snow is set to move in in the matter of hours and turning to sleet and rain tonight, get ready for a wintry mix heading our way and schools are deciding to close early we have the early dismissales controlling along the screen and here is melissa magee at the big board with the latest. >> a winter weather a

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon we begin with breaking news in montgomery county, a firefighter is in cust after he allegedly held four other firefighters hostage in elkins park. chopper 6 hd was over head when that firefighter was taken into custody. >> police responded there just before 11:00 this morning and a man came up with his hands up about an hour later. vernon odom just arrived on the scene. >> reporter: i am live at willow and penrose can you look up the street and see it now the situation is relaxing now, the one suspect has been arrested according to police reports at 10:40 this morning a gunman got into the building and took four firefighters hostage and held them there for some time. we watched this drama play out here this morning, cheltenham police guns drawn and s.w.a.t. team at one point they enterred through the garage door, they brought the first person out we believe that was the hostage and three other persons were brought out some of them in handcuffs but they proved not to be suspects as police were thoro

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon, the justice department prepares to release a scathing report of discrimination by police in ferguson, missouri. and they believe they have captured the man behind dangerous highway shootings. >> but the big story is snow on the way. >> it's gloomy weather and it will change to snow in the overnight hours and it will last through the morning rush home. we are live with team weather coverage annie mccormick is checking the side streets that is already covered in snow and ice that has not melted. lets go to karen rogers in for david murphy at the big board with the update from accuweather. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we are dealing with light rain as expected. temperatures in the low 40s, it is just rain currently lets show you stormtracker 6 live double scan 3-d look at how many people across the country dealing with precipitation from boston to dallas texas a cold front is pushing in and changing this rain to snow and that will happen later on tonight and that

i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> all right sara thank you. today philadelphia's 40 integrity officers reaffirmed their effortses to keep city employees honest. they report any incidents of fraud or misdoneduct by city employees. today mayor nutter called the integrity officers an integral part of building trust with the community. >>> lets go live now to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> thursday almost friday we are getting there as you try to get home are you encounter ago crowd on the northbound side of 95 and to the city and work zone in cotman avenue, this is the scene at girard and a slow pace we see so many afternoons. same is true for the schuylkill expressway, speeds like 19 miles per hour, traveling westbound by city avenue, nothing out of ordinary on the schuylkill this afternoon. the earlier issues we had on the lincoln drive with the crash on the northbound side, it's resolved and everything is reopened. improvement at fairmount park there. southbound on 202 there is a wreck at the dannehower bridge there, the wreck has clea

i'm sara bloomquist channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we are keeping a close eye on roads all day long, mobile 6 is driving right now heading north on broad street, just know this conditions incredibly treacherous out there it's very slick and slippery you are urged to stay off the roads if you do not have to be on them. we'll have a complete check of traffic conditions in about 10 minutes. lets get a look at delaware the action cam is showing us conditions in wilmington and that snow is coming down at a steady flow and fortunately the roads are not filled out there. one or two cars passing now. take it easy out there. >> good to see people heeding the warning. now to new jersey, it was quite a wintry mess in trenton but south jersey is really in the bull's-eye nydia han is live in cherry hill with a look at the neighborhoods out there. >> the snow has changed here in cherry hill, it's lighter now and blowing sideways this is route 70 cars are rolling along but yes we are urging people to take it slowly you can see the snow is very snow

i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you sara. >>> police in delaware went looking for a woman wanted on several outstanding warrants instead they found several extremely dangerous reptiles this is just one of the 16 illegal monitor lizards found in a filthy newcastle county apartment friday and that includes some that zoo officials describe as six feet long and deadly. they found drugs and a 6-month-old child. they found jennifer chad wick and antonio graves and jeremiah feaster. they are all facing charges. >>> police hope that a new video will help them find an armed suspect, this happened in the j and b market in the logan section earlier this month. they saw the suspect approach the counter with a gun and he got away with $100 in cash and left his red mountain bike behind, if you have information on the robbery call northwest detectives. >>> a water rescue tied up kelly drive this morning chopper 6 hd was over fairmount park at 6:00 a.m., a 35-year-old man jumped from the schuylkill river from the girard bridge, the philadelphia police and marine unit p

the salt mixture has been washed away and traffic is moving despite the dreary conditions and sara bloomquist has more on penndot's plans for this storm. >>> a pair of ice skates are handy for kids making their way to school this morning, "action news" was along osage avenue where sidewalks were coated in the thick layer of ice and it was dicey having a walking buddy to keep balance, the sidewalks were covered in an icy mess. and now to the big board and adam joseph he has the latest from double scan radar. >> right in the middle of this storm where it began yesterday with the snow, sleet and freezing rain and the rain today and tomorrow the snow we have a lot of moisture down the pike, with this pipeline from texas to the tennessee valley ohio valley and into the mid-atlantic over 2,000 miles of moisture moving in our direction. in fact, winter storm warnings from dallas to texas to the tennessee valley where they are expecting an ice storm in and around nashville and heavy snow for the ohio valley and locally at home here, into tomorrow winter storm warnings are in effect late tonight into

sara bloomquist has more in south philadelphia. >> reporter: we have the briefest burst of snow and it didn't last long and then some sleet and then light rain but it's cold and uncomfortable. what is making this storm worse is there is so much snow and ice on side streets and sidewalks like here in south philadelphia there is now more of this stuff on the way. >> in northeast philadelphia mountain road, driveways are still snow covered and so are the sidewalks, a similar scene in south philadelphia, streets are covered with packed down snow and ice and sidewalks are slick in spots. joseph gallow was trying to clear his step as head of this storm. >> i'm shoveling it off and when it melts it comes on the pavement and freezes overnight. if i get it away from the house -- it will be lrtd. >> snow is one thing but we have experience with ice this past sunday and nobody wants to deal with that again. >> we moved on sunday and it was slick slick. >> brian rides his bike no matter the reason. if it stays cold, the ice stays on the streets, it's hard with bicycles because of the icy patches.

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sara bloomquist is live in norristown on how penndot is preparing for this storm. >> reporter: you see all the salt behind me getting ready to go out on local roads yet again this is where it will happen at 5:00 this evening i did speak with a penndot official ahead of time and we have details on how they plan to attack a challenging storm during what has been a challenging winter. penndot is working to replenish the salt supply moving it around from stockpiles, many weather events have involved ice and they have used a considerable amount of salt. meantime this winter is rough on the equipment as well. it has been used so much, so today maintenance crews are making sure plows and trucks are in good condition to hit the roads again. according to penndot this is the 25th weather event and the 21st since january 3rd that is an average of three winter weather events per week, penndot is keeping records for 33 years and this is the second in use of salt second only to last year. penndot expects this to be a plowing operation tomorrow they'll have the full fleet out about 400 vehicles we ar

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. >>> "action news" at 12:30 continues, with rick williams sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >> good afternoon once again our coverage of the winter storm continues now and "action news" is tracking the snow that is hitting new jersey delaware and pennsylvania. >> this is the largest snowfall thus far this winter in spots. a band of snow is centered over our area leaving a winter mess behind on the roads. meanwhile delaware was hit hard, the action cam was in wilmington where plows were hard at work keeping streets clear and all state offices are close and city offices in wilmington are closed as well. a live look at center city on sky 6 hd a snow emergency is in effect for the city, the weather is making it a tough go for anyone that has to be out and about today. the live coverage for this storm continues at this hour. we have live reporters across the area and karen rogers and adam joseph both our meteorologists are tracking the snow in the studio lets start with you karen at the big board. >> we are inside and glad about that too. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing

i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you as is surgery for the police officer, we go to reporter vernon odom, live at temple university hospital what can you tell us from there? >> reporter: jim the media is being kept about a block away from the temple hospital emergency room the latest official word we have from out of the hospital as you look down the street here, as you look down the street, the officer was hit three times at least one in the head and is in surgery at this hour and is very, very kritdcal condition. i'm told he say veteran officer a male from the 21nd district look at the pictures now the scene here at temple hospital, a wide shot and then you'll see a woman being consoled and take and into the hospital a woman in a white jacket we believe he she is a relative of this officer not long after that mayor nutter arrived from city hall, police commissioner ramsey is inside as well and police are covering the entire temple university scene right now waiting to see what is going to happen here and they are prying this surgery is somehow successful that is

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with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon, police fear a missing woman from delaware county was a victim of a crime. new detail as nouned this morning. >>> and a woman's abduction turns out to be fake what we know about the hoax in california. >>> prosecutors confirm that the pilot was locked out of the cockpit the voice recorder caught him banging on the door while the copilot intentionally sent the plane into the side of a mountain. lets go to marcy gonzales in new york. >> reporter: good afternoon, investigators don't know the motive it is clear though that this tragedy was not an accident. in the final moments before germanwings slammed into the french alps, the voice recording picked up the screams of passengers and the pilot locked out of the cockpit frank particularly pounding on the door silence as he hit the button to bring the plane down in a 10 minute long deadly decent. >> what activated i don't know but it could be analyzed as a willingness to destroy the aircraft. >> the new revelations gleaned from th

. >>> "action news" continues with rick williams sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >>some stories we are following for you on "action news" at 12:30 developing news two officers are released from the hospital after being shot overnight in ferguson missouri but tensions remain high as police search for the shooter. >>> and the new investigation june way after two agents were involved in a crash >>> now the details in a developing sitdation in ferguson missouri police are searching a house after two police officers were shot overnight. the two police officers were released from the hospital, it happened during a protest outside of the police station. demonstrators were celebrating the resignation of the police chief in ferguson. both officers are expected to be okay but officials in missouri say things could have been worse. >> these two officers took a hard hit, we are lucky by god's grace we didn't lose two officers last night. neither was from ferguson and they were called in from other departments to help with the protest. the two

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"action news" reporter sara bloomquist is live at upper darby police what are the details here?reporter: jim, it was a good thing when neighbors called 911 after their carbon monoxide detector went off in their home and the house next door, police and firefighters found a 7-year-old girl and her 5-year-old brother home alone late at night in what police call dangerous and deplorable conditions. an orange sticker on the door of the home signals that the home is declared unfit for human habitation the woman that lives here christina wright is charged with endangering the welfare of her children. police and firefighters were called to the home next door when the monitor went off and they went to check the ajace -- the oven was on as a source of heat. they found

sara bloomquist is live from the nearby medical center. >> reporter: students and staff members wereated and released and they had walk-ins this afternoon and those people are being evacuated right now, they got sick from an odor described as rotten eggs coming from a refinery located next door to the high school. students and staff smelled a foul odor here all week and this morning some started to feel sick. most kids i saw were putting their heads down and having stomach aches and headaches from the smell. students were transported to the medical center in

sara bloomquist is live now in university city. >> reporter: jim the drexel campus quiet tonight this is spring break but in this internet age the few students on campus quickly learned today that one of americans killed in the plane crash graduated from drexel and today we learn more about emily selke and her mother yvonne who also died in the plane that went down in the french alp. we learned that american emily selke was on the flight traveling with her mother, yvonne, when the plane crashes in the french alps,

. >> sara bloomquist has learned more. we are learning more about emily and yvonne. emily graduated with honors in 2013 they live in the suburbs of washington, d.c. >> emily was a student here at drexel. >> in a statement drexel said that we are sad to learn about the death of emily and her mother yvonne. they were on germanwings a-320 over the french alps on a routine flight all 150 people on board were killed. french investigators hope that the mangled black box will provide clues as to why the plane crashed. while at drexel, emily was a member of the soreoritysorority. she was an integral part of our growing chapter and as a person and friend, emily always put others before herself and cared deeply for those in her life. emily will be greatly missed by her fellow sisters at zeta. the selke family released a statement this afternoon, our family is deeply saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily two wonderful and caring amazing people who meant so much to so many. >> they added that they are asking for privacy and for prayers. you can see a slideshow of pictures o

i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> tensions are high once again in ferguson missouri today after two police officers were shot overnight. st. louis police called the attack an ambush saying someone fired at officers during a protest. they used a pistol. >> the officer was shot right here at the high point of the cheek under the right eye and the bullet lodges right behind his here and the st. louis county officer was struck here on the shoulder and the bullet came out the middle of his right back. >> both men were released from the hospital today and are expected to recover without any long-term damage, s.w.a.t. teams swarmed a home in ferguson looking for the suspect this afternoon, so far they have not announced arrests. news of the injured officers in ferguson hit a nerve here in philadelphia where the death of officer wilson is still fresh in everyone's mind. it's one week since he was killed in a shootout with suspects. chad pradelli has the details here here. >> reporter: commissioner charles ramsey condemns the shootings in ferguson but he has not much

we have lehigh valley correspondent walter perez live in allentown and sara bloomquist is live in philadelphiali is live at the penndot yard in norristown but first latest from radar accuweather and meteorologist cecily tynan and adam joseph. >> better to know about the weather in advance than have this take you by surprise this shows a mess of the evening commute, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing a lot of blue across the region and that is sleet and freezing rain. that is coating a lot of the surfaces and roadways and sidewalks and parking lots and cars. zooming in down to the south we are beginning to get the green, that is the transition to plain rain a