bullets hit three homes on whelan. no one inside those homes were hit.olice are working on gathering more detailed descriptions of the suspects. >> shooters are described only as two males who fled on foot north through a rear alley behind third street from whelan. these two males possibly entered a white vehicle which fled in an unknown direction reporter: and there are several surveillance cameras nearby that shooting scene in olney so police are hoping they captured some footage that can can help in this investigation, help them get more detailed descriptions of those suspects. if you have any tips in either of these cases, philadelphia police want to hear from you. we're live in police headquarters, katherine scott, channel6 "action news." >> okay, katherine, thanks. >>> new on "action news" here, the drug problem in central pennsylvania has hit a chilling new low. police say the latest victim to die from an overdose was just nine years old. the boy's caretaker, victor hair now faces charges. he tells police in northumberland county that the nine yea

at least 20 shots were fired at third and whelan street.hen police got there they found a big crowd an large number of shell casings. two people went to einstein a20-year-old man was grazed in chest and a 23 ye old man was shot in the hip. they are both lift in there stable condition. four parked cars were hit by bullets. bullets hit three homes on whelan but no one inside those homes was struck. police are conducting interviews and they're looking for evidence that could provide more details in this case. >> fortunately in addition to witnesses, we found a school as well as some businesses in the area that have exterior cameras. so, hopefully these cameras recorded something that can help us with our investigation. >> reporter: and the next case i'm going to tell you about is out of northeast philadelphia. a suspect police were looking for in a previous homicide almost struck two 15th district officers with a car. the officers were not injured. police didn't specify which case this suspect is connected to, but we do know around 3:00 a.m. o

bullets hit three homes on whelan but no one inside those homes was hit. >> one of the homes the bulletually went in through the living room wall, entered through the siding, went into the living room wall of this occupied property where a husband and a wife and a 23-year-old daughter fortunately luckily were upstairs asleep at the time. >> reporter: there are several surveillance cameras nearby that shooting scene in olney so police are hoping they can get more details from some footage but of course they have to look at that footage first before they know what they've got. if you have any information on either of these cases police want too hear from you. we're live from police headquarters, katherine scott, channel6 "action news." >> okay, katherine, thank you for that. and philadelphia police are looking for the suspect in a home invasion that happened along the 1600 block of reed street in the lawndale section at 8:00 p.m. police say the armed man barged into the home tied up and assaulted one person and ran off with about $5,100. the victim was not seriously hurt. >> a montgomery

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eileen whelan is here. >> even though it might be chilly, it will be dry. let me get you to our trick or treat planner. by 5:00, some of you will be going out. mostly cloudy but dry. sunset at 6:09. still cloudy. any showers that start to push west,rd will be mainly inching closer to the blue ridge. starting to see showers by 9:00 and that will take us overnight. at noon, 53 degrees and winds out of the east northeast. of sunshine. dry for trick or treat but turning colder and windy. an hour of sleep as we fall back. details on the best of the forecast and how that will impact your plans, coming up from the belfort furniture weather center. >> thank you. parents. for it looks like a normal candy, most kids would get it. it is laced with marijuana. they confiscated several boxes of that stuff. brianne carter has more on why police want parents to be alert. >> it looks like they can be all of her shelves this halloween. these suites are more of a trick in a treat. county polices say the blueberry or meant chocolate bars and bottles of taffy are laced with mar

theen whelan visited elementary school in maryland to share her knowledge with students. about 350 students attended the assembly. i think i see some future meteorologists in a group. >> there is always one that gets excited and asks the questions. sometimes they are just statement -- one time i saw a tornado. >> good for you. >> nothing severe around you today. nothing but [dramatic music] ♪ >> yo! hey! [laughs] [cheers and applause] i'm terry crews, and it's time to start putting big-time cash in people's pockets right here on millionaire. [cheers and applause] our returning contestant is a student who came here on a mission to win $1 million. today there's only 3 questions between him and a whole lot of confetti. from bountiful, utah, please welcome daniel lefevre. [cheers and applause] >> hey, how's it going? >> come here. oh. great job. >> thanks, man. thank you. >> daniel, you are doing

eileen whelan has a look at the forecast. >> take a look at these morning low temperatures. i am sure you felt it heading out the door. started out in the 30's. 49 at reagan national but we have since climbed. saint leo the great school in fairfax, 55 degrees. lots of sunshine at congressional country club in bethesda. sunshine through the rest of the day. to 60 degreesting with the sunshine. starting to fall after sunset into the middle 40's by 11:00. tomorrow is a big day. it will be dry. a little cold but no problems trick or treating. this weekend, cold and windy. get your winter gear ready. wind chills on sunday in the upper 30's. also don't forget this sunday we fall back, so you will gain an extra hour of sleep but we lose one hour of daylight. much more coming up in a few minutes. >> my favorite time of year. thank you. with the cold weather in the forecast, officials are making sure everyone is prepare for what comes with freezing winter temperatures. responded to wssc nearly 600 water main breaks and leaks. it left hundredsf people without water for hours. today, o

eileen whelan is here with a look at the rest of the forecast. ofthroughout the remainder the afternoon, we will start to see a bit more sunshine, similar to the same whether we had the past few days. 70 degrees outdoors right now. 71 at reagan national. look at our rooftop camera. you can see the haze. we had fog this morning. still some haze and the low clouds in a few spots. temperatures in the upper 60's. dulles, 69. 67, quantico. we will see a bit more sunshine and temperatures climbing a bit. 73 by 1:00 p.m. we will start to fall into the upper 60's by 11:00. travelers forecast is looking pretty good up and down the east coast. invel trouble spots will be the midsection of the country as a powerful cold front slides through. it is going to bring big-time temperature drops for the upcoming weekend. i will let you know what you can expect for saturday and sunday coming up. >> thank you. d.c. police need your help finding a missing man. abc 7 news spoke with joe maddon's mother. he has not been seen since monday morning. a bartender at brookly

eileen whelan is back. we were talking about an amazing weekend, just picture perfect, then you used the word "gloves." >> yeah i did. because i am one of those people -- now everyone is so different this time of the year. i would probably want gloves heading out the door tomorrow. it is going to be about 42 in the city but 30's further northwest. so, parents, keep that in mind for the kids tomorrow morning. even for yourselves. >> all right. >> it was so beautiful, scott. look at this great time lapse from the greens. a few clouds lingering but then clear skies. a few high, thin clouds working their way in. i love this shot from the greens because you can see the foliage. it is 6:47 and it is already dark as we look from our roof top camera. it's a cool 62 degrees. i'm sure you noticed the gusty winds today. it's so breezy but the winds will continue to subside over the next few hours. our dew point temperature 29. the air is very, very dry. 52 in gaithersburg. 56 in dulles as well as b.w.i. the temperatur

this is delaware county district attorney jack whelan. >> that posting was very serious. it was that individual was going to take a gun and shoot up the students at widener university. at that point in time, i have to commend the university, their officials, the administration, because they immediately contacted the chester police department. >> i can tell you i just look at the posting. i can't read the whole thing. there are expletives in it. it says, i will attempt to shoot every i, expletive, hate that bully me every single day and there was a reference to columbine. when they arrested the student, there were no guns. there was no apparent threat. but the student has been charged with making terroristic threats and unlawful use of a computer. but, again, in this case it was a cell phone. his name has not been public yet but i understand that we will learn it soon. live on the widener campus, lu ann cahn. >>> now to developing news on the ebola outbreak. madrid's regional government has announced it will euthanize the dog owned by a spanish woman infected with ebola. t

district attorney jack whelan hosted the event and says figuring out how to treat infectious diseases is a top priority. this summit has been an annual thing since 1998 addressing key issues in schools. >>> you probably have a lot of questions about ebola. who can get infect justin drabick what exactly are the symptoms? and who's most at risk. we're answering those and more on myfoxphilly.com. just look on our home page. >>> on your radar right now, what's left of that heavy rain and much of our area saw it tonight. chief meteorologist scott williams track when it will finally move out. >> it's a slow-moving system, iain. as we look what's on your radar ultimate doppler still showing you the front off to the west and out ahead of it a lot of moisture to squeeze out. a little bit of a lull right now in philadelphia. but north and west we're looking at some light showers across the area. but as i expand the view watching this batch right here to the west moving out of maryland. that will eventually head in our direction and produce a couple of more inches of rainfall. so let's time the

south dakota, a three-way race, rick whelan, and the senator for many years, along with mike rounds. an average shows rounds with a double-digit lead. montana, democrat amanda curtis versus steve danes, the polling average has danes with a double-digit lead as well. west virginia, republican cap toe maintains a healthy lead. so let's say republicans win these three. now it starts to get harder for them. the following races are all close. alaska, mark begins versus dan silva. sullivan is up by a hair. to the deep south, mark pryor and tom cotton are neck and neck right now. on to louisiana where the state's open primary format has the incumbent fending off bill b costley and rob mannis. iowa, bruce braley is in the fight of his life against the hog castrator, joni ernst. there we have it. let me go to larry sabato who i watch all the time on this. three of them look good for the republicans. that's south dakota, montana, west virginia. then it gets more difficult. alaska, arkansas, louisiana, and then to win the thing, assuming what's happening -- will hurt them the republicans in kan

the district attorney jack whelan says the enterovirus d68 ebola and how to treat infectious diseases is a top priority. >> we're looking at issues how to respond in a very short period of time. isolate individuals treat those individuals so all of that is being reviewed at this point in time. i'll be coordinating efforts with our various chiefs of police as well as our firefighters and ems crews. >> this summit has been taking place to address key issues in schools since 1998. today's event was held at drexel brook conference center in drexel hill. on the topics including cyber bullying how to recognize and respond to depression and child abuse. >>> of course you can continue to follow the latest on the ebola outbreak and how our area is preparing for any cases here. head to myfoxphilly.com, click on the as seen on tv tab. >> a pennsylvania probation board member resigns because of an e-mail porn scandal. he will step down because he can no longer be effective in the job. pennsylvania attorney general has been investigating pornographic e-mails being he can changed among members of g