live in southeast philadelphia, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> an "action news" investigation caused major delays on 95 north at the princeton exit this afternoon. new jersey state police say that a tow truck carrying a tractor trailer hit the overpass and debris went flying and hit a passing car and the driver was injured and taken to the medical center for treatment. they are assessing the damage to the overpass. >>> look at the new crime fighting tools introduced from the pennsylvania state police, to be used for air patrols all across the commonwealth. >>> and still to come on "action news" tonight, jay paterno sues penn state over his firing as an assistant football coach. >>> we hit 88 degrees today but 90s are waiting in the wings, i'm tracking a surge of heat and humidity and storms in the accuweather forecast. >> ducis rogers has sports and much more when "action news" at 6:00 continues in just a moment. how can i avoid maintenance fees? hy wou you want to avoid em? bause i don't want to... you know what? i'm gonnaring my maintenanceuy in here to tell y

reporter vernon odom spoke with people that know the victims. and john rawlinss has the latest open the investigation. so let's begin with john at the scene of the crash in the city's tioga section, john. >> reporter: hi, rick, witnesses tell us that car-jacked car, vehicle was moving fast going very, very fast up germantown and lost control and swerved into a group of people selling fruit on that on corner over there. witnesses said it happened quickly and it was devr stating. >> time crossing der germantown the car i noticed 2 here. >> he was moving fast. >> very fast. >> tire marks open the pavement suggest the vehicle veered sharply left and then crashed into a small fruit stand on the sidewalk manned by at least one adult and three children karen ran to help knows first aid and cpr. >> i ran over there and saw bodies everywhere. >> people knocked to the ground. >> there was babies little boys over there when i felt one of the pulse he was. >> had no pulse. >> he had no pulse. >> win child was pronounced dead at the scene and another a short

vernon odom has the full story and is he live from that mcdonald's rest ran . >> reporter: tonight he remains in the delaware county prison on $120,000 bail, accused of stealing crack cocaine from his workplace, he was busted in the rear parking lot of this radnor mcdonald's where he worked on the kitchen crew, police say he is the target of a month long investigation and that police made four separate drug buys for him. >> he would go into the parking lot, there were no incidents in the restaurant with our officers. police confiscated more than $100 in cash and 157 packages of crack, they estimated that trammell was netting $1500 a week after paying off his suppliers. >> if gives new definition to a happy meal. >> the general reaction of customers was mixed. >> crap. from the mcdonald's, oh my lord. what is this world coming to? >> it's surprising but it's a flag that kind of effects every area, there is no rhyme or reason, it's everywhere. >> the owner of this mcdonald's franchise issued a statement saying they take these allegations seriously, and won't come furnish into a pending

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you again. we have been following this story as it broke on air an online at 6abc.com. we set up a slideshow of images from the scene, stay with us for updates on this breaking news store dwri. >> and now the deadly conflict with israel and hamas, women and children were killed in the shelling of a u.n. run shelter run for children in gaza today. they say it happened while staffers were trying to evacuate the civilians from the compound. palestinians claim it was the israeli that attacked but the israelis say it was the other way around. >> the israeli side had all the coordinates including these schools and we spent much of the day, and we tried to get a pause to get the civilians evacuated. >> this comes as israel sworn in their new president. >> just as they renewed, a high school graduate from our area, was embarking on a trip of a lifetime. >> looking at the pictures it looks like any other experience, but alex, a recent radnor graduate, is one she will never forget. >> it's a little unsett

vernon odom is still on the crime scene on north lee street, with the late of the on the investigation. >> reporter: good evening rick, this neighborhood is still in shock after yesterday's discovery, but no answers yet in this bizarre case, they are still looking for the son of this woman found frozen solid, found stuffed in the freezer of her basement. she has been removed but the medical examiner must wait for her to thaw before the autopsy can begin. was it of natural causes or was she murdered. >> anything pointing to homicide, they will look into it, if it has to do with social security checks, they will pursue that avenue. >> they have not been able to contact her son, william, he remains missing, but they are told that some intermediate contact has been established. they say he wanted to keep cashing her social security checks. >> i believe he is in the wind, working with the district attorney's office and what options to take and what is the next move. >> police tonight say that that autopsy, may not be completed until sometime next week. live in feltonville, vernon odom, chan

vernon odom joins us with the latest on this very disturbing investigation. >> good afternoon, at this hour, police have the name of a suspect and they are in the process of getting an arrest warrant. in the meantime, the charges include attempted murder. gun fire erupted outside of this rite-aid monday night leaving this couple lying on the road with bullet wounds. the male was hit three times in the abdomen, the 46-year-old woman was shot at least nine times. both are hospitalized at this hour, after extensive surgery. both are expected to survive this attack. police are convinced that this is the result of some kind of ongoing dispute not a robbery attempt. >> we know the shooter fired the shots from point-blank range and there are businesses in the area that have camera that are pointing in the area where the victims were laying. >> police have the video but have not released it to investigators so far. th at ttased his nameor the nam. police have recovered the handgun that they believe was used in the shooting case. the suspect is still on te lam at this hour, described 5'5" tall,

live on the schuylkill expressway, vernon odom "channel 6 action news."" >> vernon, thank you.an accused of choking two west philadelphia women in broad daylight is behind bars. andre ill takeler was arrested after he allegedly snuck up behind a woman and wrapped rope and wire from her neck escaped and ran for help. they captured taylor a few blocks away. he was linked to another incident on sunday. police say in that case he used a woman's eyre phones to choke her and steal 7,000. he's pacing a number of charges including attempted murder. >>>ful police are looking for who -- surveillance video shows a red jeep stopped 3,000 block of north 23 street and moments later green taurus pulls up behind him and a young man gets out shooting at the jeep hitting it three times. neither the passenger nor driver was hurt. if you have any information on the shooting though eyre asked to call philadelphia police. >> police in central jersey are looking for predator who bear hugged a little girl this week. it happened gyo avenue and walnut lane princeton tuesday night 11-year-old told police

live in center city, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >>> in other news, four people suspected of dealing drugs on the main line were in court this morning. only "action news" was there as the suspects waived their right to a trial in a norristown courtroom. a judge will sentence them at a later date. they are accused of pushing marijuana at local schools and colleges. they agreed to testify against their codealers. >>> now, to a scare at jefferson lnshey wereing frtheilneliltodea o d fi viredsnhe wi afonoravf xand tian taao f ila a ahstoyeonnepi cei i nnea ne tmdnity iarh wi pomanipp ofdsplere t iemrs t a wa tei g iay mwhh dvein btf e aeo3aee to 8u n astnnkis. he ad by00d o w tis inplay, the uv index is high. a nice one tomorrow and the return of higher humidity in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. along with a chance of scattered thunderstorms and a period of rain before the weekend is over. details are coming up. >> thank you david. remember you can keep track of the accuweather forecast forecast by downloading our free 6 abc storm tracker app it gives you access to

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> vernon thank you. >>> state investigators are trying to find the people that pulled off a casino heist, and police confirm that someone got away with $180,000 after a robbery at caesars yesterday morning. the masked men pulled off the heist at 6:00 a.m. in the morning and one had a gun. david henry will have a live report coming up on "action news" at 5:00. >>> time now for a check of accuweather forecast, a warm one out there. >> and as promised a humid one as well. >> now, it's the big can of hair spray diet. the heat and humidity will spike midweek, right now 87 degrees in philadelphia as well as trenton and 86 in allentown and 83 in dover, the sea breeze again, very refreshing at the shore, only in the mid to upper 70s with the ocean warming up to 74 degrees, the poconos sitting at 79. we are in the 80s now but you can see the 90s are beginning to bubble up in the country here, and pieces break up to the east and one day in the 90s before we back it off for the end of the week. in fact, we look at satellite and radar, a decent amount of sun

. >> vernon odom has the story. >> a cres enville family grieves for a youngster that died trying to stay cool. he died trying to swim in the murky waters. he and a friend went to the creek. >> he was at the river and he gets so tired and he couldn't do no more and the other kids jumped in and tried to help him. >> i am very sad, because i can't do anything for him. he was my young brother. >> the circumstances surrounding the death are an all too freak when occurrence, just like today, the creeks, streams and rivers look so calm, cool and inviting, but danger so often lurks below. >> they go under water without thinking what is in there, there could be debris or rapid moving water and they don't know and they get in there and next thing you know they are done. >> firefighter mcshay, a 33-year-old veteran has seen these tragedies before. they get tied up in debris and rocks. >> the only advice i can say is try something else, get a garden hose, buy a sprinkler at the store to use. >> i don't know how the mother is going to go through this. it's so hard for her. >> that was vernon odo

and indeed drive carefully, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> vernon thank you. >>> meantime, authorities are looking into three suspicious fires within the past three weeks, the most resenone broke out in a vake an home on wynnewood road, investigators are looking to see if it's connected to the blazes outs side of a community center on union ferry road last month. >>> police in philadelphia are trying to identify three men behind a robbery at the billy blues bar in juniata park, the victim was playing pool at the establishment yesterday when he was struck over the head with a pool ball and punched in the face, the suspect took the man's cash and cell phone before they ran out of the bar, if you recognize them call philadelphia police. >>> we are learning more about a tractor trailer accident that snarled traffic on the pennsylvania turnpike this morning. it turns out the truck was carrying 80,000 pounds of mushroom soil, when it flip, the crash happened on the westbound exit at the interchange at 11:00 this morning. crews closed the ramp to right the truck and they are worki

vernon odom will have a live report coming up on "action news" at 6:00. >>> family and friends of the case worker shot and killed at a darby wellness center will say their final farewell, theresa hunt was -- plottss with charged with her murder. her funeral will follow. >>> turning now to the deadly conflict between israel and hamas, israeli strikes hit a crowded shopping area in gaza today. it came after shells tore through the walls of a u.n. school crowded with refugees, 56 israelis have died since the ground war began and israel says the gaza operation is meant to stop hamas's rocket and missile fire. hamas has refused to forth a truce. there will be more coming up with diane sawer, on world news after "action news" at 6:00. >>> it's been years since the gallery mall opened in center city and now there are talk of of a makeover that will bring high end shops to the area. john rawlins live with more. >> not a lot of details coming out of this million dollar joint venture with a california firm. they say it's a fashion destination for accessible luxury retailing. if you talked to co

vernon odom will have more on the study coming up in a live report on "action news" at 6:00. >>> the south jersey woman allegedly scene in a video beating up a former co-worker is out on bail. 25-year-old latia harris is charged with assault after the report shows harris punching her co-worker in front of herrera's son. >>> a jury mixed a mixed decision on the fate of five former philadelphia traffic court judges, they were accused of if i amming tickets for family, friends and political allies. david henry has the details. >> reporter: it was a case that screamed corruption and led to the abolishment of traffic court. there were guilty verdicts on the lesser charges for four of the judges. >> i'm vindicated, not guilty of all charges, as far as i'm concerned i was indicted for doing my job. >> former judge, michael sullivan walked out after being found not guilty of all charges. mike bruno was also acquitted. >> it's devastating but i'm going back to work and i'm moving on with my life and that is it. >> all six judges were found not guilty of conspiracy and fraud charges but four w

vernon odom is still on the crime scene on north lee street, with the late of the on the investigation>> reporter: good evening rick, this neighborhood is still in shock after yesterday's discovery, but no answers yet in this bizarre case, they are still looking for the son of this woman found frozen solid, found stuffed in the freezer of her basement. she has been removed but the medical examiner must wait for her to thaw before the autopsy can begin. was it of natural causes or was she

live in strawberry mansion, vernon odom. >> thank you. >>> from the new jersey news room the coast guard expanded the search for a missing border from longport to ocean city. andrew bittle and another man in a pontoon boat last night, hitting a buoy and running into rocks. the other man swam to shore and called for help. and more on this coming up at 6:00. >>> the montgomery county sheriff turning to social media, trying to track down suspected dead beat parents. the formal roll-out of the initiative in norristown, and the sheriff's department is posting pictures on the facebook and twitter pages of parents owing child support. >> we are using social media because of the amount of information we receive from the public using social media. >> several tips have already come in. you can find these links to the sheriff's office social media sites and photos of the suspects. and a list of suspected dead-beat parents updated every week. >>> and two arrested for shooting a pharmaceutical delivery man during a robbery attempt. charles wardlaw and robert hartley tried to rob the driver outside of

. >> and now "action news" reporter vernon odom who got to the scene shortly after this all unfolded is live with more. >> reporter: good evening, rick it's very easy to describe the scene at this hospital this afternoon. it was an atmosphere of fear, chaos and a massive buildup of police from multiple jurisdictions. police came from multiple delco jurisdictions and there was fear that a second attacker may be loose on this campus. >> a cop came with hi

"action news" reporter vernon odom has reaction from victim's neighborhoods and first to john rawlinss with latest on investigation and john, search is on for two suspects. >>> indeed it s earlier there was a very visible manhunt. there were many, many officer canine teams and helicopter those us is sprekts at large and descriptions are at best vague plaque male and hispanic male and city is appealing for any video people might have that would give a better description of two men who now caused three deaths. >> first thing i noticed was kids. >> children. >> children. >> on the ground? >> on the ground.

and vernon odom with more on the killings tonight. >> good evening.onight will is less tension, much less tension here in strawberry mention. police locked up two murder suspects in what started out as a who-dun-it and now they have signed confessions. these cold-blooded murders, justen smith and terry ballard killing an elderly strawberry mansion couple last week. rufus and gladys perry hired them to do jobs and they decided to rob them instead. >> when confronted by the perry the suspects attacked and strangled them both to death and took $120 from the residence and also mr. perry's cold chain. >> the perry family in deep shock. ballard the grandson of a friend of the perry's, and a niece and nephew reflect on the act of betrayal. >> what makes it hard, it is someone you knew.

"action news" reporter vernon odom has reaction from victim's neighborhoods and first to john rawlinss with latest on investigation and john, search is on for two suspects. >>> indeed it s earlier there was a very visible manhunt. there were many, many officer canine teams and helicopter those us is sprekts at large and descriptions are at best vague plaque male and hispanic male and city is appealing for any video people might have that would give a better description of two men who now caused three deaths. >> first thing i noticed was kids. >> children. >> children. >> on the ground? >> on the ground. nobody was moving. i ran over there and i just saw bodies everywhere. >> just people knocked to the ground? >> and there were babies little boys over there and when i felt one of them pulse he was -- >> no snuls. >> he had no pulse. >> a little boy was dead at the scene. his two siblings died later and his mom now fighting for her life. part of a neighborhood group that manned a small fruit stand germantown and allegheny. >> it was oranges, apples, ten th a.just a regfor srve vtie ecale

reporter vernon odom spoke with people that know the victims.nd john rawlinss has the latest open the investigation. so let's begin with john at the scene of the crash in the city's tioga section, john. >> reporter: hi, rick, witnesses tell us that car-jacked car, vehicle was moving fast going very, very fast up germantown and lost control and swerved into a group of people selling fruit on that on corner over there. witnesses said it happened quickly and it was devr stating. >> time crossing der germantown the car i noticed 2 here. >> he was moving fast. >> very fast. >> tire marks open the pavement suggest the vehicle veered sharply left and then crashed into a small fruit stand on the sidewalk manned by at least one adult and