four fellow firefighters hostage and chopper 6 hd was above as the suspect was taken into custody vernon odomne where police just held a news conference a short time ago, vernon what can you tell us? >> reporter: just occurred -- just before 10:39 according to police he entered the building with a han gun and took four hostages several people working on the first floor did scurry to safety and no one was harmed we are fortunate to say this is chopper 6 hd video this morning, the suspect an exfirefighter fired yesterday by this volunteer department was taken into custody after several rounds of negotiations by telephone and directly inside of the building, he did take four firefighters hostage and through groeshations the man surrendered and one shot was fired into the

. >> vernon odom is live near the scene and joins us with the latest. the vernon. >> good evening, many questions linger here at the this hour in west goshen. was this a recreational weekend flight or up instructional session. no official words from authorities yet this tragedy occurred on a brisk, clear day for flying. >> authorities say this piper cherokee pa 2 crashed through intersection of sanders lane and andrew drive in west show shen less than 2 miles from the brandywine airport where the flight originated. two were killed, one the pilot. >> it was observed from the area that the plane took off from brandy win airport. shortly after taking off the plane sputtered and took a nosedive and came into the wodz behind us. >> the local fire department squink wished the fire. this man lives in apartment near the crash scene. >> i heard a bang like a big bang. >> like a crash. >> all relevant agencies launched their official investigations keeping the media away from the scene so far. >> it's sad what these gentleman told me. i know pilots. i work from th

live at the federal courthouse in center city, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> governor tom wolf talked about plans for pennsylvania's energy future with industry leaders today wolf addressed the leader of the center and believed that the commonwealth has the resources and manpower to become an energy hub, his goal is to attract more engineers to the commonwealth a bill proposed today would change the way pennsylvanians registered to vote, state senator vincent hughes unveiled the legislation at the center have you the option to register to vote. under the proposal. people would automatically be registered to vote with a chance to opt out. coming up on "action news" tonight. meet the septa driver that is transporting passengers around philadelphia for nearly five decades and the villanova and lafayette basketball are bound for pittsburgh their sendoff rallies are ahead. >>> after temperatures in the 60s earlier today cold air is rushing in and this storm system over texas will likely bring snow to the region on friday. i'll have details in the accuweather forec

vernon odom explains. >> reporter: city works late today trying to catch up on curb side pickups, in many cases residents are taking it in stride. >> what are you going to do? >> reporter: the reason for the delay is the impact the last several winters have been brutal on the trash trucks that are outfitted with snowplows to fight the storms. now nearly 10% of the fleet 38 in all sit in this lot waiting for major repairs or to be scrapped entirely. >> these vehicles are used for snow removal and trash collection and they are used year round the streets department want them to keep placing their trash on the regular scheduled days but the delays could last for weeks garbage not picked up on the regular day it will be picked up the next day. >> one city worker tells me that delays are getting mixed reactions. >> some are appreciative that we are out here still getting up. >> and others say -- >> others you know, they think we are just milking the clock but we don't really have the equipment. >> at least a dozen new vehicles are due to the city this summer beyond that 40 more are set to

. >> vernon odom joins us liver with the latest. vernon west goshen police are not releasing names of those who pairished in today's crash. it was brisk and clear. a beautiful day for flying. the piper cherokee remains in the field where it crashed andrew drive and sanders lane covered by red tarp less than 2 miles from brandywine airport where the flight originated. >> it was observed by people in the area that the plane took off from brandywine airport and shortly after taking off the plane started to sputter and then basically took a nosedive and came in down in the woods behind us brad was traveling when he sought fire. >> bunch of smoke and flames 20 feet up in the air. i thought it was a brush fire or something. obviously after we passed retirement center you could tell it was not that. >> harrison hill retirement complex was not affected at all and firefighters put the blaze out and found two victims in the plane. pilot and one passenger. >> it's a miracle that you know it did not hit the retirement community or you know any h

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you vernon we urge you to stay with "action news" and 6abc.com the night for updates on this story. if you live in the immediate philadelphia area, the snow is either going or gone accuweather hit this one accurately it's region has been hit with between 5 and 10 inches with the official city measurement on the low side of that range but the roads have been and are still treacherous please be careful. for young people like these guys in doylestown it's a day off from school and a day spent on the hills. at least somebody was enjoying it. so here is the full story of our early march blast of winter weather, whatever the final sattistics, we'll find out in a moment, this seems like our biggest snow storm of the winter by far lets get to double scan radar and meteorologist, cecily tynan. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that the snow has shut off in philadelphia all areas north and west and another round of flurries that could move in later on but shouldn't provide any additional accumulation, we have a light to moderate snow acro

in center city vernon odom, channel 6 "action news.." >> an early morning fire destroyed a restaurant in tioga-nicetown, and damaged a branch of the free library, in the 3700 hundred block at 12:30 this morning, the fire spread to the second floor apartments, residents didn't have to evacuate. the branch of the free library sustained smoke damage. >>> it's time for spring cleaning and mayor michael nutter launched the count down to the eighth annual spring cleanup and the city is calling for volunteers on april 11th can you find a link to sign up on our website at 6abc.com and you can also submit a proposal for a cleanup project in your neighborhood. >>> eagles continue to make a lot of waves they did it again today. they have a big guy in town now, some people collect stamps and chip kelly is collecting running backs, demarco murray is at nova care reportedly getting ready to sign on the dotted line jeff skversky joins us with the detail. >> reporter: sources confirm that the eagles and former dallas cowboys running back that he agrees on a $37 million contract with $21 million guara

"action news" reporter vernon odom is live in the 6400 block of woodcrest avenue in the overbrook section of philadelphia. vernon. >> reporter: jim, it is in fact a trio of teens who are under arrest and in police custody tonight in connection with this case, this killing that took place on woodcrest avenue last week. sources say all three have given full confessions including the alleged trigger man who was arrested overnight. police say the overnight arrest of 15-year-old tyfine hamilton wraps up their manhunt for three murder suspects. james stuhlman was shot and killed last week as he walked his dog through his neighborhood. with surveillance video police were soon able to focus on hamilton and his overbrook high school mate brandon smith who was locked up earlier. a 14-year-old is also in custody. overnight in the 2800 block of midvale avenue, hamils parents surrendered him to a heavily armed couldn't tin gender of police. >> the father went and swat went and i believe homicide detectives met him there and there was an exchange without incident. >> reporter: hamilton and smith are ch

"action news" reporter vernon odom is live from outside the boy's home where his parents met the media late this afternoon. vernon. >> reporter: that 13-year-old boy jim a run away his parents say and they are very squared at this point and it has friends and neighbors searching along with the police. this is 13-year-old an eighth grader who lives in newtown square missing since wednesday night from his home wearing only a ski jacket black pants and hiking boots. he left his cell phone and wallet behind. he was upset about not completing a homework assignment. he hasn't been seen or heard from since. his parents are deeply worried. >> kayman if you're out there, please come home. you're not in trouble. we just want you back. >> reporter: his parents say he is an a student who has never done anything like this before. neighbors and friends have helped search the area for him and so have police but so far no traces of kay man. his parents are asking for any help they can get from the public. >> a 13-year-old kid shouldn't be gone for three days, you know as he's been so anyone that has a

in newtown square i'm vernon odom, chapel 6abc news. >> septa may become ground zero for classic struggle between free speech and what septa calls minimal civility standard. it's all about ads that the american freedom defense initiative wants to put on the side of step buses. and the ad shows picture of adolf hitler and arab national leader during world war ii and text says jew hatred it's in the koran. today a federal sgrj philadelphia said septa has to accept the ad because of free speech. jacob bender runs local off of council on american islamic relation. >> we believe the adds them saevs was used to smear its love. >> that vendor they're dedicated for first a34e7bdment and have no problem with the judge's ruling. family of a south jersey man killed in a police involved shooting filed a lawsuit. dashcam video followed shooting and one of the officers orders 36-year-old jerome reed not to move after he spots a gun in the glove compartment and as reid exits the vehicle reed opens fires. his family said he was unoormd at the time and had his friend in plain view. as you are -- it was 1

"action news" reporter vernon odom has the story. >> we're doing this for brandon brown. >> reporter: protesters greeted police commissioner ramsey as he left the justice department news conference today on the use of deadly force by philadelphia police. at that gathering the justice department delivered a lengthy study of shootings by police and concluded wholesale reform is needed in terms of training policies and investigations. >> as you'll see in the report we've identified 48 findings that do identify what we would call serious deficiencies in some key areas with regards to the use of force. >> reporter: in 2013, police commissioner ramsey called for this federal analysis as he saw a drop in violent crimes and even assaults against police but at the same time saw the number of police-involved shootings on the rise. he called this report which recommends more than 90 reforms a good one. the report in no way compares philadelphia's situation to racial tinderboxes like ferguson missouri, staten island or cleveland but ramsey had this comment on the racial tension that is constantly

in that wynnefield, vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> and coming up on "action news" tonight fish fossils found on the black-market. the stolen remains discovered by fbi agents in delaware are now headed back to their rightful owner. >>> and the flyers trade brayden coburn. how he got word of the move early this morning. >> well, we are live on sky 6 taking a look over reading pennsylvania as the sun has seven. temperatures dropping below freezing so a refreeze a problem. then i'm tracking a long duration storm moving in tomorrow. i'll have details on what expect in the accuweather forecast. >> those stories and much more -- let me show you this first. this is cell six video on the scene of this three alarm blaze in upper moreland. this is the 2300 block of wine dot road where a sheet metal factory is going up in flames. we'll be back with more on that. also, that picture now from chopper 6 hd. big, big fire in upper moreland tonight. "action news" continues in just a moment >> three fossils stolen from brazil are headed back home thanks to the fbi. brazilian police traveled to wi

"action news" reporter vernon odom has the latest on this. >> tonight a professional search and rescue team from until energy entererd the church for cayman energy entererd the church for cayman naib the eighth grader left his house upset about school work. he vanished. >> they are finding a place to set up command center tomorrow morning and try toy do a more organized and thorough search and rescue. >> cayman wacked out of his home into the awful wednesday night storm and not seen or heard from sense. we'reing a gray ski jacket, black boots and pants and left his iphone and wallet behind. >> he's a great kid. he was upset over a homework assignment and went out into the storm wednesday night and has not returned. we're deeply, deeply worry idea. >> his parents say he has never done anything like this before. dozens of friends neighbors volunteers joined police in the search and turned up nothing so far. >> he's not experienced at being out on his own. this is the first time he's been you know on his own for any length of time. >> he has really good friend and they're all deeply conce

it's a story you saw first here on "action news," we have team coverage tonight, lets go to vernon odom live at the firehouse with the latest there. >> reporter: they are trying hard to get back to life as normal here at the firehouse tonight, back to business as usual. after this morning's near death experience here it's not so easily done, the siege started at 10:30 this morning when a volunteer fireman terminated just last night entered the building and pulled a handgun taking four firefighters hostage, a swatd team arrived and began he did fire one shot into the basement wall he gave up to the s.w.a.t. team without a fight and there are no problems and all hostages are released unharmed. not long after the surrender the hostages remained unharmed, this teenager entered the same time that the gunman did, he walked by me with no words and one of the people he held hostage opened the door for him. i was outside, the first firefighter in and then i walked inside. a marine veteran of more than 20 years this normally quiet town was shaken, they like the firefighters. >> i group here in th

lets get started with vernon odom, the good news here is that all of this ended peacefully here today. >> reporter: we are thanking the lord for that here the lamott section of elkins park is quiet and peaceful once again after there was a serious confrontation and the firehouse was ground zero for the confrontation. a volunteer fireman just fired last night came in with a handgun and took four members hostages. the police came and started negotiations by telephone and he did fire one shot into the basement wall. >> one male was holding four males in the basement with a handgun and threatening to shoot the same. before our arrival before we received the call, he did fire one shot into the wall. >> reporter: the four hostages emerged unharmed and this teenager was entering the firehouse at the same time the gunman did. >> he walked by me and i was waiting outside and i walked? and then everybody started running outside and they told me to get out. hostage jamal denied to comment after returning to the firehouse this afternoon. >> reporter: that 15-year-old got out right away so he led

here now is vernon odom on the scene. >> reporter: she left this northern liberties apartment building on north 5th street just 8 months ago, heading for manhattan for a wonderful married life and prosperity. the tragic and sudden death of tina went viral across the world she was living in new york city for 6 months. she was walking along gusty west 12th street yesterday afternoon when she was struck by a 4 by 8 feet piece of plywood fencing and was declared dead at bellevue hospital. she and realty manager jennifer lower were good friends. >> she is extremely nice, and loved art she moved because she was getting married and she was really excited about that. >> she was working as a real estate agent new york city. her fiance wrote a statement this is the most devastating loss, she was the woman of my dreams. >> i spoke with her brother by telephone, the family is devastated we miss her terribly and her burial will be here in philadelphia. >> to be walking down the street and for something like this to happen is really tragic. it should have never happened. >> clearly there were safety

live in the courthouse in media, vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> vernon thank you. >>> a policeon the mend this afternoon after a chain reaction crash in bucks county. and police believe the driver who caused it all was intoxicated. the crash happened last night on route 1 near route 13 in falls township. falls township officer tom lundquist had pulled over a car for speeding. as he went to talk to the driver a third vehicle hit the back of his patrol car pushing the cruiser into the first vehicle. lundquist and all three cars were pushed about 20 feet down the road. the department says it's lucky lundquist wasn't riding with his normal partner trigger. >> ironically the beginning of this tour tonight our partner had his canine partnerly he had to kennel his dog and take his substitute vehicle. he did not take his dog with him. if his dog were with him he would be dead. >> lundquist escaped the wreck with a sprained wrist. five others were taken to the hospital including richard morales the driver of that third car. he's in serious condition after his head went through the winds

"action news" reporter vernon odom is live along woodcrest avenue in overbrook where the crime happened with the very latest tonight. vernon. >> reporter: rick, it is very calm and quiet here along woodcrest avenue in overbrook tonight. there's a certain serenity here but the trauma is far from gone in the wake of the violence that erupted here just over a week ago. police say the overnight arrest of 15-year-old tyfine hamilton wraps up their week long manhunt for three murder suspects. over brook's james stuhlman was shot and killed as he walked his dog through the neighborhood. surveillance video indicated it was a robbery attempt. police were soon able to focus on hamilton and his high school mate brandon smith who is locked up as well. a 14-year-old is also in custody. overnight in the 2800 block of midvale hamilton's parents surrendered him to a heavily armed contingent of police. >> they saw the father, they actually talked to the father. the father said he's not here but he called the mother who lives up in the west oak lane area and they arranged for a meet in the 2800 block of

"action news" reporter vernon odom is live along city avenue in overbrook tonight where penndot crews got busy today. vernon. >> reporter: very busy rick. at this hour the flow of traffic here along city avenue is moving along very smoothly and flowing very well tonight despite a day full of wholesale congestion because penndot is finally repairing one of the worst stretches of bad road here in the delaware valley: the southern stretch of city avenue is more of a traffic nightmare than normal these days because penndot has launched an all out assault on potholes and general deterioration along a half mile stretch that contains hundreds of potholes and general bad road. >> the road is so bad up the road there that if there's no traffic coming on the other side i drive into ongoing traffic. >> reporter: to avoid. >> yes, to avoid the potholes. >> it was very bad. >> reporter: it is the stretch from haverford avenue south to the delaware county line. the regular motorists view the contractors like a liberating army. >> this road has been horrible for quite some time, you know. i'm glad t

"action news" reporter vernon odom has a look at the year long review and he joins us live at philadelphia police headquarters. vernon. >> reporter:. >> reporter: hi, rick. with police departments across this country many under fire for alleged use of excessive force the u.s. justice department has issued this report saying that philadelphia needs some wholesale changes and says there's strife between the police department and the community is that recommending wholesale changes here. who killed randy brown. >> reporter: a small band of demonstrators gathered outside the u.s. attorney's office to express their displeasure with police commissioner ramsey over his handling of the brandon tate brown case. a man who was shot be killed by police in december. police were cleared of any wrongdoing. commissioner ramsey did not speak to the protesters and left the news conference where he and other top city officials received a u.s. justice department report calling for massive reforms in the philly department when it comes to the use of deadly force. >> but the errors of police of force training p

vernon odom break its all down. >> i'm thrilled with the governor's proposed budget. >> william hite hailed the governor's proposal to heighten the school budget by $4 billion. he says he can launch the kind of district wide organization he has had to delayed during the district's cash strapped days that forced 5,000 job cuts and shutting down of schools. well performing schools will be given autonomy so they can focus on the chronically underperforming schools. >> we will use it for things we think are extremely important. >> for the first time the district will end the fiscal year in june with a balanced budget but storm clouds are on the horizon. >> we will end this year with a balanced budget but july 1 starts a deficit again. >> to get the district back on its feet with the proper number of teachers and nurses, dr. hite says he needs $206 million from harrisburg harrisburg. >> mayor nutter will try to honor the request by proposing a property tax increase of 9%. at city hall, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> a wild city council meeting in cape may ended with the police c

"action news" reporter vernon odom was in court today. live in center city with the details. vernon. >> reporter: the black madame looked extremely upset this afternoon as the jury foreman read the verdict in court guilty on all counts. the defense claims she meant no harm. they hoped to get away with a lesser conviction of manslaughter. padge winslow aka the black madame was convicted of multiple charges including third degree murder. now she's looking at up to 70 years in prison. she injected industrial silicone into the rear end of this woman british break dancer claudia a department rotima. windslowe who once ran an escort service had taken the witness stand in her own defense. >> when she testified i think her personality was leading a life tricking women and putting on this facade that she's helping people. >> reporter: windslowe's sister left court with no comment. the black madame was also convicted of aggravated assault. she'll be sentenced early june. >> she got a chance to tell her story from day one when i met her. at least i f

at police headquarters vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >>> philadelphia police are looking for to men they believe are behind three armed robberies in the city and the first happened february 2nd at elzena bar at master in the park side section of the city and the men hit two businesses in overbrook in 1997 and they then held up jim steaks on 52nd street. coming up on "action news" tonight. nearly a dozen american service members are dead. are presumed dead after a helicopter crash off the coast of florida. and local college students react to the video that led to the expulsion of two oklahoma fraternity members. >> we had a high of 61 degrees today. 10 degrees above normal. i hope you enjoyed it because we have cooler weather and weekend rain in the forecast. >> more on chip kelly and sam bradford, they both spoke to the media today. >>> the search continues tonight for 11 marines and soldiers missing and presumed dead after a helicopter crash off the coast of florida. the mission took off from eggland air force base on to a remote beach it's not certain if fog played a role,

vernon odom was at city hall this morning, he will have a full report on "action news" starting at 4:00. accuweather is coming up when "action news" comes right back. >>> welcome back we are looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan showing us right now that it's snowy through most of the region, can you see this area of gray along the i-95 corridor some areas it's not quite as heavy, lets go in closer to areas getting more intensity. in reading along 422 be careful, we see this down in south jersey as well with the area of pink, we are watching through that that area shifted south a little bit, we can see that now, this area of pink near salem and malaga and along 55 this is the atlantic city expressway in hammonton, it's coming down an inch an hour, and moving through parts of burlington and ocean county as well. that is the change in heavier bands shifting south right now lets look at stormtracker 6 live double scan as we look at this we start to see more holes see that near richmond the area of gray to our west as this progresses over the next couple of hours we'll see the intens

at fbi headquarters in philadelphia, vernon odom, channel6 "action news". >> two people taken to thellowing a collision between an suv and a dart bus in wilmington this afternoon. this was the scene just after 12:30 at the intersection of 11th and orange. still not clear what led up to the crash. you could see the front of the suv was ripped off as a result. a man -- right there. a man and woman inside the car suffered neck and back pain. no one on the bus was injured. >>> also from our delaware news room tonight 19-year-old tiki highland facing charges for allegedly stabbing another man in pike creek. he was fighting with his girlfriend when the victim tried to break it up. highland allegedly stabbed him with a steak knife. highland is free after posting a $40,000 secured bail. >> camden county police say a man wanted more than a love connection from a woman that he met through an online dating app and they need your help tracking him down. the man claimed to be 53-year-old gennaro aladano on his ok cupid dating profile. waterford township detectives say he used that profile to meet

vernon odom, channel 6. >>> in health check sierra leone plans to do another country wide shutd down in a bid to stop ebola there are only 30 people currently in treatment centers but residents are asked to stay in their home for three days and they are reminded how to protect themselves and stop ebola. a shut down last month helped to reduce the number of new cases. >>> a rally today to mark their progress in raising $200,000 for the delaware center for holeless veterans, through a month long series of fundraising events they are near their goal and they can provide 25 additional beds. >>> kids at a gloucester county school wore their favorite pajama today the kids were dressed down to help others they collected over 150 pairs of pj's and 50 books for children in foster care and the hospital. it will be given to the local chapter of the pajama program. >>> kraft's popular mack and cheek is recalled after a possible danger in the products. >>> and if you see breaking news happen we want you to help tell the stories, email your photos and videos to jointheaction@6abc.com or use #6abca

in german town, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> once again we are profiling all six candidates running for the democratic nomination for mayor. the primary is tuesday may 19 and. >>> time to get a check of the roads now mat pellman is in the traffic center. >> speaking of movers and shaker shakers we would like to move quicker. since i spoke to you a vehicle broke down north of here at allegheny and now extra slowing out of the city, a half hour travel time from the vine to woodhaven a crash at new britain and villa road remains closed indefinitely in hatfield a crash at butler pike and one coming from norristown from the southbound side of 202 at the dannehower bridge and slowing at the turnpike this afternoon as you head towards mid county. and a crash in upper oxford at newark road and newark a wreck at church man's road by michael's restaurant. back over to you. >> thank you matt. >>> more "action news" is coming up when we come back. >>> they honored an eagles legend today. here is jaime apody. >> the gloomy weather is fitting for a sad day as fans and friends turn out to

into the newsroom we can tell you again that the officer as sara mentioned was shot in the head vernon odom is at the hospital, he will have more information from there as he gets it of course we'll continue to update you on this breaking news story. and of course the very latest from "action news" at 6:00 as well. >> to the winter storm that dropped snow across the region today and it left quite the mess behind. >> snow removal crews and private contractors are working all day long to clear sidewalks and cars to stay ahead of it. this three vehicle crash in delaware shows one example of how dangerous the roads can be. this happened at delaware pike this crash was caused by slippery conditions, in montgomery county as well. this is what york road looked like at 8:45 this morning, traffic was light this morning because most schools and some businesses were closed. >>> and the jersey shore was the last to see the change over from lane and sleet to snow today. this is a live picture of arctic and arkansas avenues, it shows how messy the roads are tonight and temperatures are continuing to drop

coming up at 5:00 "action news" reporter vernon odom tells us how the machines work. >>> it is a growingg for fermented foods to help create a happier stomach. ali gorman tells us what types of food folks are eating to try to ensure better digestion. those stories and more on "action news" after 5:00 see you then. >> sounds good mon today. >>> local ball players are hoping for a good cause. bye monica. [laughter] >>> at the wells fargo center it was the eighth annual jacks rangers basketball tournament. the events sponsored by the levy castle family foundation was held before tonight sixers game. several teams faced off including ballers like sixers ceo scott o'neill and former villanova star and toronto raptor alvin williams. all of the proceeds raised will benefit those with diabetes. >> and hello shirleen. >> pillars of many of our local communities for decades and centuries. today old churches are getting new life. along the main line we toured some of the stunning structures that will continue to stand and serve in a uniquely reenvisioned way. >> we're saving it and weary purposing