annie mccormick has the latest on the hit-and-run. >> reporter: police say when emergency crews arrived they pronounced the pedestrian dead at the scene. it happened at ace memorial drive when a driver spotted the victim motionless on the roadway. he was identified as jeremiah mccarthy. >>> we don't know what time the crash occurred, we know a passer by discovered the body and called 911. mccarthy was not far from the delaware/pennsylvania border. there's not enough physical evidence to get the make or model of the vehicle. >>> we don't know which direction he was traveling on route 41. we know he was on the northbound shoulder of the highway. the strikes vehicle was traveling northbound. i was upstairs and i saw flashing lights and my brother said there was an accident. >> reporter: 13-year-old kiley heard the commotion and think the victim may have been at the vfw post beforehand. an autopsy will be performed today to determine how he died and possibly hit by more than one vehicle. delaware state police are asking anybody with information to contact them at 1-800-tips-3333. >> reporte

annie mccormick has the latest on the hit-and-run. >> reporter: police say when emergency crews arrived they pronounced the pedestrian dead at the scene. it happened at ace memorial drive when a driver spotted the victim motionless on the roadway. he was identified as jeremiah mccarthy. >>> we don't know what time the crash occurred, we know a passer by discovered the body and called 911. mccarthy was not far from the delaware/pennsylvania border. there's not enough physical evidence to get the make or model of the vehicle. >>> we don't know which direction he was traveling on route 41. we know he was on the

. >>> annie mccormick is live at the accident scene of a hit-and-run. annie. >> reporter: matt it was long this stretch of the road that a man was struck and killed. this is video from the scene delaware state police pronounced the male pedestrian dead around 9:30 near the intersection. lancaster pike at ace memorial drive. one vehicle hit the pedestrian and took off. the delaware state police reconstruction unit spent hours processing the scene. there's a shopping complex on one side and vfw and apartment complex on the other side. police hope someone might have seen something they could help them. police will be looking for surveillance video in the area from businesses that may not have been open last night. if you have any information, call them. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> thank you for that. >>> new this morning, a hit-and-run driver killed an off-duty nypd officer, vinlt harrison was -- vicinity harrison was chained lanes and hit by a car. the officer was hit by an infinity. the infinity and the driver was later located. charges

reporting live in hockessin, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> a hit-and-run driver hit an off duty officer on the new jersey turnpike. he changed lanes anticipate collided with a car. the accident happened in list beth. after exiting the car the off-duty officer was hit by an infinity. the infinity and the driver were located. charges for the driver could come as as soon as today. >>> philadelphia police are searching for the gunman who left two teens wounded in the city's grays ferry section. surveillance cameras captured the drive drive-by shooting at r avenue at 6:00 p.m. a 15-year-old is in critical condition. a 17-year-old is in stable condition. we'll have moo more in a live report coming up in the next half-hour. >>> royal carribean cut a cruise short that involves the same ship that had problems on board last month. royal carribean announced on saturday it was returning to bay one new jersey, this is the same ship that headed into a major storm in the atlantic and had to turn around during the first week of february. >>> now to hollywood's biggest night celebrities

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annie mccormick is live at the scene on cheltenham avenue with the latest. >> reporter: no word on a cause yet on this fire. look behind me and see what is left behind, investigators from the atf and fire marshals office are out here early in this investigation. overnight the house of gin went up in flames and firefighters attacked it from all angles, the call came out at 1:00 a.m. and it took more than an hour to get the fire under control. by dawn chopper 6 hd got a look from the air what was left. the restaurant appears destroyed. the restaurant owner seen here did not want to speak on camera. he told "action news" that luckily nobody was inside. his restaurant that served chinese and japanese cuisine has been a fixture here for years. >> it's a great loss. everybody comes here. they make good food. everyone comes here i come here for lunch, i work across the street. everyone is going to be really upset. >> residents and employees from local businesses from cheltenham avenue got a look at the damage and many were surprised it didn't spread. >> it can be rebuilt probably. >> you ca

reporting live in germantown, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> new this morning, a gunman killed three people in a series of shootings that ended at a lawn care company in kansas. 14 other people were injured. cedric ford was killed in a shootout with police. they say they have an idea on the motive and insist it is not connected to terrorism. police remained in a standoff with the gunman's roommate after the gunman was killed. >>> spca believes i want has uncovered a dog fighting operation in the germantown section of the city. officials found ten dead pitbulls and seven dead pitbulls across the in a vacant home across the street. authorities have yet to identify any suspects. >>> donald trump recently noted that marco rubio hadn't said anything bad about him and he wondered if that would change. he need not wonder any more. they debated in houston and gloves came over. marco rubio took swings at trump. >>> you're the only one who has been find to work on your projects illegally. >>> i'm the only one who hired people. >>> while fireworks flew over topics over immigration

annie mccormick is live at the house of jin restaurant with more on the fire fight. >> reporter: matt, fire crews are out here behind me using the laureled trucks they are dousing the hot spots in the building of the restaurant. take a look at the video. this is how intense the flames were. the popular chinese and japanese restaurant at cheltenham and pulaski was consumed in the flames and the flames spread to the roof. it broke out at 1:00 a.m. and took an hour to get the blaze under control. it appears other businesses near the restaurant are not heavily damaged. the other than said he was too shaken to speak on camera, but has been in the business for 18 years. after seeing the flames in the video, it's surprising there were no injuries reported. the fire marshal is on the scene. he said it's too early to discuss a cause they are still investigating. reporting live in germantown. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> thanks, annie. >>> new this morning, a mother called police on one of her own sons with when a family dispute led to gunfire. it happened on woodhaven road in n

annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> all right, annie, thank you for that. let's go over to karen rogers with the latest on the commute this morning, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, we know one of to wake up a little earlier in the suburbs to get going, this is 409 fort washington, 309 at the pennsylvania turnpike. everything is clear. coming up from quakertown, montgomeryville, ambler, the roads are dry, and hardly anyone out there. we have debris on the roads, balligomingo road is blocked at trinlt -- trinity road. stick to 320. chester county an area that was hit hard with flooding. north brook drive is closed brandywine drive. street road is closed, use lenape road. something was reported on the roads at north masher street. you will find there's roads with debris, we have gusty winds. 20-mile an hour winds. 37 is the temperature in philadelphia. you factor in the change since yesterday, it's 20 degrees colder than yesterday. put on the coat. it's chilly out there and watch for debris on the roads with the gusty winds, tam. >>> new on

annie mccormick has more to tell us what is happening now. >> reporter: the fire destroyed the popular restaurant. i want to take you to the video because you can see how intense the flames were. that's what the firefighters arrived to, this is the house of jin restaurant that serves japanese and chinese cuisine. there were multiple fire agencies that responded. it took more than an hour to get this fire under control. it's in a shopping complex. it is unclear if other businesses were affected. fire crews say this broke out around 1:00 a.m., like we said it looks like the fire was completely so destroyed this business. there are ladder trucks there and they are still dousing the business from above with water. right now they are telling us it took more than an hour to get it under control. we are waiting to hear from fire officials to see how many alarms it it it was and see if there was any other damage. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> a man is in custody charged with shooting his own brother in the chest in northeast philadelphia. their mother called 911 it happened on w

"action news" reporter, annie mccormick showed us the damage left behind. >> this massive tree split in half after crash on to this home in cherry hill. the impact was so strong it sliced the roof and knocked off brick facade. on the other side of the township, jerry never heard her tree crack, fall or crash. but missed her neighbor's house that say miracle. >> it was about 70 feet tall, it was huge. if i stood at the bottom of it i could not look up and see the top. >> what goes through your mind now? >> divine intervention. >> heavy rainfall and bolts of lightning made trees fall. knocking out power and blocking intersections like this one at morrison larks spur. >> it's our tree and power went out everywhere but not ours. scott and jordan says this tree got in the way of their front yard baseball games any way but this damage can prove deadly and costly, pat enright could not help but get side tracked by damage even on jobs that are not his. he is getting to every call as fast as he can. >> if it's serious we'll address it right away, but if it can wait we'll get the sidewalks cle

we begin with annie mccormick and the cleanup there in cherry hill. >> storm cleanup is underway, take a look behind me, you can see the crews on the roof of this home where a tree fell on top of it. there is damage like this all over cherry hill and lucky nobody was hurt at this home even when the tree fell, luckily nobody was inside. this massive tree split in half when it fell on this newly renovated home. the impact was so strong it sliced the roof and knocked off the brick facade. on the other side of the township jerry never heard her tree crack, fall or crash. it missed her neighbor's house. she thinks that is a miracle. >> it was about 70 feet tall, it was huge. if i stood at the bottom of it i could not look up and see the top. >> when you see this now what goes through your mind? >> divine intervention. >> trees fell bringing down power lines like on old orchard road knocking out power and blocking intersections like this one. >> it's our tree, power went out everywhere, power went out everywhere, but we have power. the tree is actually blocking our neighbor across the street

annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." matt and tam. >>> now to a developing story, firefighters battled severe weather while putting out a marina fire at the jersey shore. seven boats were ablazed along old sea isle boulevard in sea isle city. some of the boats had fuel on board and said it accelerated the flames. the fire marshal is investigating a cause. >>> now we're going over to katherine scott she's got more on road conditions after the storm. she's live along the schuylkill expressway with a little bit of good news. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam, that's right, we have an huge improvement on the roads. we are along the city avenue, westbound lanes there's a little bit of a traffic backup because it's rush hour not storm related. overnight down by the road over by girard and montgomery in the eastbound lanes there are major problems on the schuylkill expressway. flooding shut down the eastbound lanes for hours. crews were out unclogging the storm drains, once that was done they had to clear

. >>> "action news" reporter, annie mccormick is on the move at another scene where the trees are down. >> reporter: matt, take a look a massive tree is down, just got moved out of the road we're trying to keep up with the damage in cherry hill. they have just move the tree. we just came from orchard road there was a power line down. we're trying to keep up with the damage not just in camden county we're seeing damage, but in cumberland county. take a look at this video from vineland. all kids first aid care had a tree [inaudible]. >>> tell you what, sorry about that, we'll give you the information about the day care center in a couple of seconds, it's all kids first because a tree fell on. >>> national weather center is sending a team to see if a tornado came down there in lancaster county. be sure to bookmark 6abc.com/weather on all of your devices so you're read when storms move through the region. get a step ahead on the changing weather with storm tracker 6 live radar. >>> berks county police are stepping up patrols now that the burglary peace has -- spree have all the marking of

annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> the storm has plunged tens of thousands of people in our area into the dark. peco has 9,000 people in the dark. the majority 6600 are people in bucks county. >>> sky6 live hd looking live at philadelphia international airport, once again you can see the gusty winds blowing the camera around. the faa had to issue a ground stop for all flights coming to philadelphia and flights heading out right now we're not seeing many delays because it is early and there are not many flights. call ahead to check your flight 1-800-phl-gate. head to the facebook page to see the sights and sounds from the damaging storm. you can comment on what's going on in your neighborhood and we'll check it out. >>> let's turn to david murphy to find out about flooding this morning and what to expect for the rest of the day. >> reporter: the rain is over, there are spotty showers around. storm tracker 6 live shows you that northwest and back into lancaster, in the lehigh valley. there's a little bit more of that throughout the day, but not a whole lot. we're looking at fl

annie mccormick is live with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: rick, the delaware county district attorney's office says they are working with the montgomery county district attorneys office since the officer-involved shooting does involve one of their detectives, at this hour the family of the suspect says they are praying for him to survive and he is in a medically induced coma and he suffers from schizophrenia, two sharon hill police officers responded to a report of a disoriented person on the unit block of barker avenue. inside of this home, authorities say that 22-year-old saaban garrison lunged at the officer with a steak knife hitting him in the face. and then a police officer went inside of the home firing one shot and hitting the man in the face. >> right now we are focusing on praying this thing through. >> garrison's parents say they struggle to get consistent treatment for their son's schizophrenia, this is it the sixth disturbance linked to garrison in the last few days. >> we thought that is where he should be today after the first instant dents. >> his fam

"action news" reporter annie mccormick is live at the sharon hill police station. she fills us in on what exactly happened here. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, tam. and we're outside of sharon hill police but we're not getting much information from the police department at this time. now, it was their officers that did respond to the domestic disturbance and one of their officers that was injured, it was an officer from the county that sources say was the one that fired the shot that seriously hurt the suspect. well, take a look at this video. this is video from last night. it unfolded on barker avenue near chester pike in sharon hill. it was just before 8:00 p.m. last night. now, officers had already been called to this home earlier in the week dealing with a mental health patient on the block. this time, though, while responding to a domestic disturbance in the home, two sharon hill police officers arrived none one would answer. police barged down the door. it was then that the suspect allegedly lunged at the officers with a butcher knife. now, i

"action news" reporter annie mccormick is live at the sharon mill police station. she fills us in on the very latest. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, tam. we do know that the sharon hill police officer is expected to be okay. the suspect, however, does remain in critical condition at penn presbyterian hospital. take a look at this video. this is video from last evening when this unfolded here in sharon hill around barker avenue near chester pike. it was in that block just before 8:00 p.m. that officers had been called to the home that -- they had been called to that block earlier in the week dealing with a mental health patient. this time they were called out last night responding to a domestic disturbance in the home. two officers arrived and nobody would answer. police then barged down the door. it was then that the suspect allegedly lunged the officers with a butcher knife. in the struggle one of the officers was stabbed in the left ear a county detective also responding to the same incident did fire a single shot striking the suspect in the ches

annie mccormick has the story. >> reporter: philadelphians were scratching their heads saying where is the love? the iconic piece of pop art was moved from love park to dillworth park. >> i noticed the love statue was moved. >> literally where is love going? >> the sculpture created by robert indiana originally came to the plaza on loan for the bicentennial. they bought and donated it and the park was nicknamed love park and now the park is getting a facelift and is expected to look brighter and greener and nothing was going to stop moving day not even rain. preparations for today began six months ago and is it started this morning. and dillworth park will be host for at loost a year. they move tropical disturbance with painstaking precision across the street. >> when we walk it across the street the new york lift has a dampening system allowing it to move on a cushion of air. >> george's family business has moved pieces of art and artifacts for years, like the liberty bell. he has a connection to this piece. >> annie this one is special for me, i met my wife in years ago and 10 days a

annie mccormick has more now from center city. >> reporter: philadelphia is spreading the love literally across 15th street from one park to the other. and everyone is doing a double take. >> that is the first thing i noticed that the love statue. >> where is the love going? >> it was put on loan for the bicentennial. later this was bought and donated. so iconic it became known as love park and now time for the renovations, the sculpture will call dillworth park home for the year as they renovate. they move tropical disturbance across the street. >> the white pieces of foam protects the paint and when we walk it across the street, it allow its to move on a cushion of air, we handle it slowly and carefully. >> george young's business has moved hundreds of pieces of art and artifacts in the city including the liberty bell. he like so many philadelphians have a connection to this piece. >> this is a special one for me, i met my wife 10 years ago and after we met i proposed to her in front of the love statue on valentine's day. >> more to come on "action news" at noon, a powerful house explo

"action news" reporter annie mccormick is live in front of the macy's with these new developments. annie. >> reporter: and, matt, police made that arrest late last night. they say that the woman who was being questioned by security here was in the custody of security when she left her young child behind here in the store. well, take a look at the video -- at this mug shot rather. this is 27-year-old mahogany terry. according to police, macy's security apprehended terry just after 6:00 p.m. yesterday when they suspect they had she was shoplifting here at the macy's in center city. now, they estimate she stole about $1,400 in merchandise with her four-year-old daughter at her side. now, when they handcuffed her in the loss prevention room, she managed to get out of her handcuffs and that is when she fled leaving that little girl behind in the store all by herself. well, back out here live philadelphia police department was notified, so was the department of human services. that little girl, though, we can tell you now is with other relatives. now, she was taken -- the suspect was tak

annie mccormick is live at the scene in boothwyn with the very late latest. >> reporter: rick, we spoke to the fire marshal this morning they said the fire is under investigation and they are waiting for an autopsy to be performed. professional videographer captured this video of the intense fire that claimed the life of her friend and neighbor brenda mccabe who was trapped on the second floor of the home in boothwyn. she said her husband tried to save her but was injured and rushed to the hospital. last night her children came to the scene. today they returned they did not want to speak on camera, but shared this photo of "action news" with her son at his prom. she is survived by three sons and five grandchildren. a daughter died last year. witnesses said she spent the afternoon playing with grandchildren before going inside. her family had just left the house, they are waiting to know how the fire started. >>> she was in the backyard with her grandson, and the next thing i know the home was engulfed in flames. >>> joe remains at crozer-chester medical center and expected to be release

rain on the way, i'll let you know how much annie mccormick when we're going to get it. that's coming up. >>> it's special matt, it's really special. it's unique > new information n, officials in the south pacific island of fiji overnight that the death toll from a ferocious cyclone has risen. 18 people are dead after the cyclone made landfall saturday night. schools are closed today, but government workers are expected to report to work. if this storm had developed in the atlantic it would have been labeled a category five hurricane. that's how strong it was. >>> we're starting off our workweek somewhat mild. >> reporter: we had a nice weekend. i hope you got outside and enjoyed it. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you a little bit of the leftover shower activity that came through at times sunday afternoon and evening. it is now off the coast. looking outside, we have sky 6 at the airport. no winds. the temperatures is 42 degrees, we're on the mild side. we're in the 30s in the northern suburbs, wind light at 8 miles per hour. a comfortable morning overall. temper

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annie mccormick has more. >> reporter: a history lesson came in the form avenue documentary played before the students of crystal ray high school. cecil's people follows the cecil b. moore freedom fighters and their vigorous campaign to open girard college to blacks in 1965. it includes the stop martin luther king jr. made. >> now is the time to straighten up girard college. >> girard college was a complicated legal problem in which to overturn a will that denied access to school to people of color. >> reporter: the film truly came to life in the school's auditorium. >> ♪ >> reporter: you can see freedom fighter kenneth featured if the piece as a teen and today he came in person along with a panel of freedom fighters still alive. >> i'm really surprised and thankful that i lived this long so witness this. >> ♪ >> reporter: several on the panel including civil rights leader cecil b. moore's daughter spoke to the students. >> if you want to participate in saving our community, there's a role for you. that you don't have to have a famous name but you can serve. >> we love those children

annie mccormick is live at the suspect's office in old city good morning. >>> good morning, tam, to appear legitimate, the alleged scam artists ran their business out of commercial spaces like this one in old city. they stole about $135,000 from compliant. noter are concerned there are more victims out there. the camden county prosecutor's office say two dozen alleged victims were duped by lisa smith and her son. they would sell vacant homes they would advertise on craig's list and make the properties look legit to the people they were corning. >>> the closing date came and went or they were advised that the water could not be turned on in the property. >> reporter: lisa edmund's had her license revoked for life because she allegedly took money from clients. they operated under several companies -- they are accused of stealing $135,000 from their clients. >>> in one case we have a gentleman who saved his life savings for the past five years to putt down on a house that he and his 3 children are now getting kicked out of. >> reporter: they are facing a list of charges including theft by dec

annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> a trailer burst into flames in chester county last night damaging a nearby restaurant. the customer's rv was at the cracker barrel in downingtown. fire officials are trying to figure out what the fire started. the cracker barrel is expected to open on time at 6:00 a.m. >>> surveillance video from the whole foods in jenkintown has police searching for a group of thieves. it shows a man snatching a wallet from an unattended shopping card. a second man acts as a shield while she bags bagels. the victim said it's not the fraudulent charges that hurt the most, it's her father's stolen dog tags. >>> just to turn your back for one second, one split second and have your life taken away from you, all your memories. >>> police warn shoppers to not leave purses and wallets unattended in shopping carts. any one with information about the thieves contact abdominning police. >>> gunfire wounded two men and damaged a parked car in philadelphia. police are looking for two triggermen at the connor of 60th street last night. the motive for the shootings is n

annie mccormick is live with the latest details. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, tam, to appear legitimate the two alleged scam artists used commercial spaces to conduct their businesses. they stole $130,000 from two dozen clients and they are wondering if there are more victims out there. camden county prosecutor's office believe two dozen victims were duped by the two who were selling vacant foreclosed properties that would advertise on craig's list or by word of mouth. >>> either the closing date came and went and never got their property, or they were advised that the water couldn't be turned on in the property. >> reporter: smith known as lisa edmunds had her license revoked for life. the two operated under several companies. sterling reality investment, angel home savers and breeze capitol consulting. they are accused of stealing $130,000 from clients. >>> we have a gentleman who saved his life savings for the past five years to put down on a house that he and his three children are being kicked out of. >>> inv

annie mccormick has the story tonight. >> he was the intended target, he was shot at seven times and hit four times. >> police responded to a shooting last night and when they arrived they found 41-year-old maurice addsite dead. captain clark says that officers captured the suspect immediately after the crime. >> seconds, right after the shooting we got flash information that there was a male with a red hoody seen fleeing on foot and officers saw the male running into a location around the corner and went inside and got him and brought him to the homicide unit. detectives interviewed witnesses throughout the morning on why he became the target. there are video cams in the area and from local businesses too. >> we are talking to family and friends to find out what he was into and find out what this was about but right now we don't know. >> reporter: police say the suspect is 23 years old and they are not releasing his name at this time, he is expected to be charged later today. annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." >>> philadelphia city council formed a new committee to help secur

annie mccormick is live at police headquarters with the update. >> reporter: rick, that is right they identified the victim as maurice addsign. they have the suspect in custody and he is expected to be charged later today. >> there was seven shots fired and he was shot four times. >> eight police officers responded to 18th and pine after reports of a shooting wednesday night. they found 41-year-old maurice addsite lying on the ground, he was rushed to presbyterian hospital and was pronounced dead later. officers captured the suspect immediately after the crime. >> seconds. right after the shooting we got flash information there was a male with a red hoody fleeing on foot and uniformed officers saw him and took him into custody to the homicide unit. >> reporter: they are piecing together why he became the target. there are real time cameras in the area and local surveillance cameras from businesses in the area too. >> we are talking to family and friends and trying to find out what he was into and what this was about but right now we don't know. >> and that includes finding out the rel

this is video in from the scene north 29th annie mccormick ridge avenue. it hit a tractor-trailer and jumped the curb. the driver is now being treated for head injuries at the hospital. >>> and there's a push to reopen the investigation into the death of the ceo of cooper university hospital and his wife and group of 200 prominent people from new jersey are joining the effort. police ruled the death a murder suicide. the bodies their found in their homes a year and a half ago. their sons rejected the police report. they released a statement saying -- >>> there are new details of a hockessin fire in delaware, a person passing by the home ran into the fire and rescued a person in a wheelchair before firefighter got to the scene. the fire started in the attic, no injuries were reported. >>> south carolina nickie hailey announced support of marco rubio days before the state's republican primary. a new "wall street journal" poll shows ted cruz leading donald trump for the first time. it's a major trump from the same poll last month which gave trump a 13 point l

annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> the search continues for a hit-and-run driver who sent a 3-year-old philadelphia boy to the hospital. the driver struck the child's stroller in tacony last night. the child is being treated at saint christopher's hospital for children. police are looking for a dark green 1998 dodger conversion van with a lighter green stripe on the side. a full report on the investigation is coming up at 6:00 a.m. >>> karen mentioned this accident the hood of a does an ripped off as it slammed into a building overnight. this is video in from the scene at north 29th street. the driver struck a tractor-trailer and hit the curb. hub caps and child safety seat went flying, no baby was in the seat or on board. the driver is being treated at the hospital. >>> there's investigation to reopen the death investigation into the ceo of a hospital and his wife. police ruled the death of john and joe sheridan suicide. their sons rejected the police report. now a group said -- released a statement saying that they deserve to have their death and life look add competently.

annie mccormick is live at police headquarters with the details. annie. >> reporter: hi, matt, police say the victim never had a chance as he was ambushed as he got out of the vehicle this morning. police say a 31-year-old victim was killed execution style after he was shot multiple times at point blank range. when officers arrived they found the victim on the ground, seriously wounded. he was rushed to pen pretty bad hospital where he was -- pen presbyterian hospital where he was found dead. police he just parked his car. >>> the victim exited the driver door when he walked on the curb, the shooter walked up within feet and fired at least 6 shots. it appears this individual was the intended target. >> reporter: and police have not said at this hour if they have identified a suspect. we do know that the shooter ran north on 52nd street and west on delancy street. if you have any information you are urged to call homicide. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> thank you for that. >>> and philadelphia police are busy with this they are looking

. >> and questioning the appointment of julie mccormick to head up the city council finance committee despite income and property taxes. >> this negligent behavior acceptable for someone who is a chairperson of a finance committee that oversees $20 million. >> reporter: we found records that shows mccormick didn't pay traffic tickets and had her license forfeited last june and no evidence she drove. drove to a recent council meeting and due in court in march over unpaid city income taxes and then her property taxes. we reported she owed over $6,500 in back property taxes and questioned her about it. >> we are on a payment plan. it is being taken care of. >> reporter: since the report two weeks ago on-line records show the amount owed has gone up by $400 and no progress is being made on the debt. >> will you see she has made no consistent payments of the property tax and has been assessed a penalty in every half. >> my personal finances, that really has nothing to do with anything here. it shouldn't be brought up. >> you said you wanted what was best for the city of brook park. if that

for now reporting live in bellemare, annie mccormick, channel6 "action news." >> thank you annie. >>> turning to accuweather and dave murphy. >> winds are down this morning, temperatures have dropped a little bit but at least we're dry. storm tracker6 live double scan shows us that. heading outside sky6 not a lot of wind out there, a little bit of a breeze. there's our sky6 camera in chester and the commodore barry bridge with the clouds behind it, it does look like we're going to start out fairly gray and look at some sunny breaks during the day with the clouds winning out overall. 36 degrees currently in philadelphia. the winds light at seven but that's enough to give you a wind chill of 30 so certainly a morning for a little extra gear. and there's satellite showing you the clouds. some breaks have just opened up in south jersey and down toward wilmington, delaware, so some of you will see some early sun and overall today it's clouds with some sunny breaks. future tracker6 i'm showing you the late afternoon hours here because there is the chance up in the poconos of a couple of spo

"action news" reporter annie mccormick is live for us now in bellmawr camden county where some people still are in the dark. they don't have power. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, tam. that's right, there's going to be a lot of cleanup and still people waiting to get their power back on. dopped wires are here. that's why this police line such. also in the front yard of this home an uprooted tree that fell on the home next today. well, at this hour as they're waiting for power to be turned back on several hundred people are still in the dark. >> it was like snap, crackle, pop and i saw it coming down right from the kitchen window. sparks flying, bang. >> reporter: next carol says a tree fell on herman clue what home taking down power lines with it. the fast moving storm did not stop there. there were downed lines on major roadways like mantua pike in west deptford and route 130 near the brooklawn circle. it caused traffic issue, too. winds knocked down this camden billboard and on the walt whitman bridge, toppled tractor-trailers delayed traffic for an hour. >> these tr

for now reporting live in bellmawr, annie mccormick, channel6 "action news." >> annie, thank you for that. >>> happy to tell you about this story. happening today, phillies pitchers and catchers report to clearwater florida for spring training. their first workout is tomorrow the same day single game tickets will go on sale. our jeff skversky is in clearwater. he'll have live reports every night from spring training all this week on "action news." shorts and flip-flops are in the future. >> must be nice. >>> time right now is 4:37. new from the overnight apple's ceo announces he will fight a judge's order to help the fbi access an iphone that belonged to one of the san bernadino killers. >> today lottery officials plan to introduce another one of the winners of last month's record powerball jackpot. david. >> we're dressing the kids with a little extra gear this morning because we have temperatures in the 30's across most of the region. it gets a little better this afternoon. i'll have your afternoon call, the rest of your seven day coming up. >> ♪ look around pennsylvania and it's

annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." >>> and as we continue to deal with the rain today, 6abc.com/weather is the place to go for updates. stormtracker 6 live double scan forecast team has you covered there. and follow our meteorologist on facebook and twitter. >>> we weren't the only place dealing with bad weather, the dangerous mix of snow ice and rain left residents in 15 states on alert. from north carolina all the way up to maine and down in the south tornadoes are believed to be behind major destruction. elizabeth is live with more. >> reporter: from snow and ice to more than a dozen reported tornadoes, this storm packed it all affecting multiple states across some 1200 miles. this morning the national weather service will be on the ground looking into 17 reported tornados from florida to louisiana that left homes and businesses damaged and destroyed roofs ripped off buildings and debris strewn across streets and nearby water. and the mix of snow and ice meant a busy morning for rescue crews responding to wrecks across 17 states, more than 500 accidents in virginia alone and

let's switch to annie mccormick with a look at the morning commute in quakertown bucks county. annie. >> reporter: david is right that ice is still lingering. you just heard katherine say that the police were saying the hardest part of the day might be actually getting to your car because you're dealing with ice like this. this is snow covered with ice and it is over grass. and take a look. that's the type of ice you're seeing and this is how thick it is. so, when you're actually going to your car that's going to be some of the problems. take a look at this video, too. this is going to show you what you're going to have to do if you have to drive to work. once you actually get into your vehicle you have to warm it upbroken take that ice scraper off to your car and of course you have to clear all of your windows for the safety of everybody on the roadways. that can take up to about 20 minutes this morning so you want to build in that time. now, also today we're dealing with on the roadways if you want to take a look back out here live you can see the slushy conditions. you heard

for now live in quakertown, annie mccormick channel6 "action news." >> annie thank you. >>> now going ton a developing story. a masked gunman ambushed two friends walking along a center city street putting one in the hospital. let's get the details from katherine scott. she's live where it happened on the 1500 block of locust street. good morning, katherine um good morning.>> reporter: good , today. the victim remains at hahnemann university hospital in critical condition. this happened during a robbery attempt here at 15th and locust but the victim ended up collapsing after he ran away over by the kimmel center. let's go to video from last night. police were called out just before 1:00 a.m. after report of this shooting here in center city. investigators say the victim had been at 15th and locust walking with a friend when a plan with a gun approached them and announced a robbery. the victim took off running south on 15th and that's when the robber fired one shot hitting the victim once in his right arm. the victim kept running until he collapsed at broad and spruce by the kimmel cen

reporting live in quakertown annie mccormick. >> thank you annie. >>> let's go to sky6 giving you a live look at philadelphia international airport. the large winter storm system impacted travel and in out of the airport. now, i'm looking at an update right now from the faa. right now at last check there are no delays or cancellations due to the weather but of course we'll keep an eye on it and you can visit 6abc.com/weather for live conditions as the rainfalls today. there you can use street level forecasting from storm tracker6 radar and also be sure to follow our team of meteorologists on facebook and on twitter. >> it. >> developing this morning gun shots were fired near temple university prompting a campus alert. it went off near cecil b. moore avenue and 11th street at 1:00 a.m. bullets shattered a window at the view at montgomery a student complex. no one was injured. >>> a mask gunman robbed a man in center city this morning. the victim was almost able to get away but was shot and collapsed right there in the street. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live at 15th and locu

. >> annie mccormick is in quakertown bucks county an area that is still under a winter weather advisory. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning. we're seeing a whole lot of issues here, ones that you wouldn't expect until you get out of the car. first though i want to show you the roadway behind me. this is front john fridays fries highway and weiss road. there is still snow here and there's also clunk of ice as well but there has been salt laid down so the roads pretty much though are pretty good so far butter what but what i wanw you that is a problem is areas like this. there's snow and ice that is now covering this. when you get out of your car this is what it looks like in the parking lot and then over to the grassy area before we walk out onto the highway, that's what you're going to see. i'm not even walking a lot because i kind of slid my way down here. over here this pile of snow you can see how it looks kind of pretty actually because you can see how it's glistening right there but it's encased in ice. you'll have that problem also when you get out to your car as you'r

rick klein and "weekly standard" john mccormick. rick, in the near 2,000, jeb thh had -- he is popular at least 2000 in south carolina. >> it's not 2000 anymore. >> the word he used is serious. this is being a nonserious campaign. and a the fact that donald trump is out there attacking jeb bush in such a visceral céiu(v on the debate stage tells you how much politics has changed. this was a big day for former presidents. former president bill clinton out there on the campaign trail. we know how much he didn't help in new hampshire. we will see how much it matters. positive for jeb bush in the sense that it gives more positive campaign do or die week in south carolina. i don't know that there is a great affection out there in the republican party for the bushes that enough to transfer that to jeb. >> well, donald trump is speaking now. we are monitoring that in case he says anything. he is at a live event in south carolina. john, impact of president bush 4 'for his brother. >> i'm not sure if it helped him that much there is a great

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reporting in collegeville, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> officials in lehigh county are investigating after a woman's body was found inside a recycling bin in allentown. the body was discovered yesterday afternoon in the parking lot near the 800 block of east tillman street. police are trying to identify the woman and autopsy is planned for tomorrow. they describe her as an asian woman between 18 and 30 years old. if anyone knows of a missing person matching this description give the police a call as soon as possible. >>> a suspect robber led police on a short chase and crashed into several parked cars and injured a woman before being arrested. the chase started when the suspect stole a delivery man's car. the victim called for help and the police arrived quickly and located the car. during a short chase, the stolen vehicle hit a rd -- red vehicle with a woman inside it and she was taken to the hospital. >>> the fight begins over who she would nominate justice antonin scalia's replacement. >>> news reassure faces over an old lawsuit with the name of peyton manning. we'll

let's go over to annie mccormick in olney with the latest. good morning, tam, you're right, that may have been a short police pursuit, but it left a lot of damage behind, in fact the driver of the stolen vehicle barreled through this intersection at 6th and fisher, you can see debris still left in the rooted way. earlier this morning we were showing you the damaged cars, several parked cars were hit. take a look at the video. police say this started around 13th and rock handle when -- rok land when the suspect took the pizza delivery man's car. police were near the area. the victim called for help and a short pursuit happened. during the short chase, the stolen vehicle collided with this red vehicle injuring a woman inside. then the stolen car didn't stop. it continued to the intersection of 6th and fisher on this block several parked cars became damaged as a result of the chase. the police caught him and arrested him. it is unclear how many charges the suspect will face at this time. the woman in the red car is okay, she was taken to the hos

annie mccormick is live at the scene of the crash at 6th and fisher avenue. annie? >> reporter: and matt, this is the block where several parked cars were hit badly damaged. this is a vehicle that looks like it got the brunt of it. you can see the side is almost all taken out. there's debris all over the roadway for people who have no idea what happened that are driving through at this time. this is one of three cars that did get hit. police believed it began at 13th and rock handle where they believe the -- rockland, the suspect was trying to rob a pizza delivery man. he stole his car that light colored sable that's badly damaged. during a short chase, the stolen vehicle collided with the red vehicle you can see injuring a woman inside. that happened at the intersection of 6th abbey -- and fisher. and then the stolen car kept going and it hit several parked cars. then the car did stop after the police pursuit police did get the suspect out of the vehicle and they able to arrest him. back out here live, the woman in the red vehicle was transported to the hospital. s

reporting live in olney, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> new this morning, carbon monoxide fumes sickened five people in philadelphia's crescentville section. crews were call atlanta and found the fumes in the house. five people were taken to the hospital for treatment. >>> police in allentown are investigating a suspicious death. police found an asian woman's body in a large recycleling container. they think she was between 18 and 25 years old and 5 feet tall. anyone with information give the police a call. >>> pope francis will preside over a mass in three different languages celebrating indian life in that country. pope francis will be there until wednesday. >>> let's go over to david murphy, there's snow out there. >> reporter: yes, and a light snow band coming through now. we have snow to the south, but we have a light band popping up in the central portion of the region. it's highlighted in various shades of gray, but it's light snow to start out. if it hits any untreated surfaces, it could create a freeze up. be careful in south philadelphia, wood withbury andr picki

annie mccormick is live on the scene of the crash at 6th and fisher avenue in olney. annie? >> reporter: matt, just a couple of minutes ago police towed away the vehicle they believe the suspect stole and went on a chase damaging several vehicles in the way including this one and several vehicles on the block that were damaged. there's debris in the roadway, police are expected to come back to clean up and talk to residents about the damage that they have. take a look at the video. they believe it started at 13th and rockland when the suspect tried to rob a pizza delivery man out on the job. he stole the car the light color sable that you see in the video there. police were called for help. during a short chase, the stolen vehicle collided with the red vehicle injuring a woman inside. the stolen car continued on this block and several parked cars became casualties of the chase before coming to a stop. police arrested him taking him into custody. the woman in the red car was taken to the hospital. she is in stable condition at this time. police do not know if the suspect was