People were injured when a deck collapsed at an apartment building. Police say there were 16 people on the deck along the 8800 block of ridge avenue when it happened. One of those injured was an off duty police officer. Specters are trying to determine why the deck gave way. The search has been called off for a teen who never recovered from the Delaware River. Annie mccormick has details. A number of teenagers have been out here tonight, friends of the missing teenager, some of them in the water with him. The search has been suspended around 5 00 tonight. Philadelphia Police Marine unit is expected to resume tomorrow depending on the weather. Hes like a little brother. Friends of 16yearold antoine fox clung to each other at the Delaware River where he went missing friday night. The teens jumped in by the boat ramp friday night but the current proved too much and the three got separated. Once you were under, its dark. A fourth friend jumped in to help, bystanders called 911. Foxs father was on the shoreline saturday afternoon while the Police Marine unit scoured the river. My son wouldnt jump over that game to jump into nine feet of water. He cant swim. Thats the bottom line. He wants more details. My son is a beautiful son. Hes a good kid. He never hit nobody. Hes harmless. I dont understand whats going on. He sticks to your heart. Thats the kind of person he was. The tight knit group of friend say they met at an after School Program at lincoln high school. The search is expected to resume tomorrow. Walter, back to you. Moving on to the accuweather forecast. Temperatures took a dip today. Yesterday a heatwave and today chilly. Melissa magee has a look at the forecast. Its chilly outside. In philadelphia, 57degrees. Its 52 in syracuse, milder to the south and west. Pittsburg 62. We have the lower 70s in charleston west virginia. For the majority of the day, northeasterly winds. We have High Pressure situated to the north. Northeasterly winds make for fair amount of cloud cover with cooler than average temperatures. You notice precipitation well away from the region for the day tomorrow. 8 00 in the morning, sunny breaks more than today. 56, 11 00 a. M. 65. We have mostly cloudy skies for the afternoon hours, temperatures in the upper 60s, falling to the lower 60s 8 00 tomorrow night. More in the way of sunshine to start the day but as the easterly component kicks in, we have more in the way of clouds coming back into the forecast. As we look at what to expect, temperatures drop below average with a stiff easterly wind tracking rain into next week. We take a closer look with the full and exclusive seven day, walter. Thank you, melissa. You can get the forecast, seven day and Storm Tracker 6 anytime on your phone or tablet. The 6abc app is a free device. Police are looking for the suspects that opened fire on a kensington home last evening. Bob brooks has more. We have a closer look at a home where a twoyearold and his father were shot last night. The twoyearold was shot four times. He is now in Critical Condition at st. Christophers hospital. I saw my son with the baby in his hand, jumped in the car and went to the hospital. This neighbor didnt want his face on camera but he said his son was on the porch when the gunmen shopeed up on bicycles. They said this is my block and unloaded the gun. We are told the shooters could clearly see the child on the porch and didnt care. We are dealing with people that opened fire at a twoyearold. Yes, sir. The little boy, as far as my son said was in plain sight. We were able to count six bullet holes in the home alone not including those in the chevy cavalier or those that hit the twoyearold and his father. Hes a sweet little kid, innocent. Neighbors say shootings happen daily, but shooting a child is unheard of. It make me want to cry. Its a baby. Everyone we spoke with in the neighborhood said in the coming days, keep the twoyearold and his father in your thoughts and prayers. Bob brooks, channel6, action news. Late this Afternoon Police gave us a description of the gunmen. The first was 6 3, a black male. The second is a black male, light shirt and both riding a bicycle. If you have information call police. A twoyearold is hospitalized after falling from a window this morning. It happened at 11 30 in the Strawberry Mansion section of the city. Its not clear how or why the boy fell from the window. He is in stable condition tonight at hanneman. Police killed a man who they said was suicidal. He threatened to blow himself up with a device around his neck. Police say he refused to obey their commands and when he attempted to light the device on his neck, he was shot. A fire start td about 10 00 this morning in part of what are thwharton state park. No injuries have been report td in this case. At least one person has been injured following a fire at a laundromat in philadelphia. Firefighters were call today the scene just after 3 00 this afternoon. The victim was treated at the scene. No word how the fire started. President trump has started his first foreign trip as president with plenty of fanfare in saudi arabia. He was presented with the highest civilian honor, a gold medal. President trump signed a 110 billion arms packaged aimed at bolstering saudi security. One of the most memorable memory was the president in the folk dance. Members of his delegation also took part, Rex Tillerson and uber ross. We have more on mr. Trumps visit in the next half hour. Special need children with their families and supporters got dressed up to go to the scoobzoo. It was organized by vae childrens charity. They checked out the a the anim. After months of hard work the pennsbury east senior prom went off without a hitch with philadelphias own, questlove. Earlier this week the roots drummer canceled but friday he announced on social media that not only would he be at the prom but perform free of charge. Still to come, details about a flight to hawaii. And one group of men that hold the first africanamerican combat title. Jeff scaversky has sports when action news comes right back. What if there was a paint for your door. That not only made a big first impression. But was designed to withstand sunlight this bright. This bright. Or even this bright. If a paint could protect your doors color against the strongest uv rays. It makes you wonder. Is it still paint . Aura grand entrance from benjamin moore®. Only available at independently owned paint and hardware stores. Eight people were injured at the Los Angeles International airport when a jet collided with a supply truck that overturned. All of the injured people were on the truck. The wing of the aircraft was damaged. We are told the injuries are nonlife threatening. New details about a Turkish National trying to force his way to the front. Airline Officials Say he had to go through tsa screening twice but was not deemed a threat. Half way through the flight to honolulu he moved to the cabin with a lap t laptop. Fighter jets escorted the plane for the last two hours of the flight. Investigators are trying to determine the motivate but terrorism doesnt appear to be one of them. Today was set aside to honor the men and women that serve our country. On Market Square . Germantown, mayor kenney was among those that turned out to tribute Fallen Service members in our country. Those that gave their live in defense of our country were also honored in bloomington. The cemetery placed american flags at 1,000 gravesites. In Delaware County the walk for the wounded took place in delaware park. This is to help returning Service Members and their families with challenges they face at home. Police hope a Surveillance Video will help find the person responsible for an arson fire. Monday may 1st, a building under construction 20th and wharton goes up in plam flames. The fire lights up the sky and what was to be residential housing. The fire was intentionally set. They have Surveillance Video of a person of interest. He has a hoodie and then leaves without it and theres a fire. Four entities have come together to offer a 107,000 award including johnsons office. 2,500 from johnson. 10,000 atf, 4500 Crime Commission people and 95,000, letter of intent from the developer. The reward is 107,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible. All you have to do is call the Crime Commission. All calls will remain anonymous. For crime fighters, im rick williams, channel6 action news. What made two guys build race car engines in their own shop . What made them believe that a twoton behemoth could compete in a track race . Or that they could take on the elite in world motor racing, and win . We may never truly understand what drives mercedesamg. But heres to another 50 years of it. Mercedesamg. Half a century of driving performance. It was a celebration of pride today in new jersey and pennsylvania. Crowds lined the streets for the gay pride parade that began in new jersey and ended on the other side of the river in pennsylvania. Time for a check of the accuweather forecast with meteorologist melissa magee. What a difference 24 hours were. Temperatures are 20 to 30degrees cooler than same time yesterday and the cooler air is sticking around for the second half of the weekend. Its dry right now. No issues with precipitation. Temperatures are cooler than average. Outside, sky 6 live and hd looking at university city, you see the tower lit up nicely on this saturday night. We have a partly cloudy sky afteafter the majority of the d. Delaware and Lehigh Valley 60s. The heatwave we have had is gone. 67 in the city. 53 allentown, Lehigh Valley. 55 in cape may. Dover, 58. We have the stiff easterly component to the wind making temperatures cooler than yesterday. The 24 hour temperature change tells the story tonight, 21degrees colder in philadelphia than yesterday. 23 colder than trenton 24 hours ago. 18degrees warmer in reading and lancaster. Thats not the case now. Satellite and radar showing you High Pressure situated to the north. We are tapping into an easterly wind becoming clockwise. Great lake and Lehigh Valley, we have another cool one on tap for sunday. Next 12 hours, mostly to partly cloudy, 52 in philadelphia for the overnight low. The second half of the weekend, we have High Pressure in control. The winds around that are clockwise. Moisture off of the atlantic. Clouds around, cool with 60 to near 70degrees. Then we track an area of low pressure, a weather maker monday, bringing the threat of rain our way. 8 30 tomorrow morning, sunny breaks. You will find the sun early in the day. As the easterly component moves through, a cloudy sky again. Lunchtime monday, we have moisture from the poconos to south jersey and into delaware. We have half an inch to an inch of rain by then. Clouds and sun tomorrow, highs at 68. Monday, periods of rain, high of 70. Warming up and drying out tuesday. Pattern switches by wednesday, cloudy with drizzle over head, high of 72. Thursday, first down at the shore of the season, tracking the season, high at 72, 75 friday. For the start of the holiday weekend, High Temperature at 82. Memorial day is coming. Thank you, melissa. You may have noticed Something Different about action news tonight, we have moved to a new location in our building. This is a temporary set where well broadcast while we build a new set. It will be ready in a month. We cant wait to show you. It will be neat. Sports is next on action news, dreamses of a triple crown end for always dreaming. We have highlights of the preakness when action news comes back. Introducing the fios gigabit connection with download speeds up to 940 megs that are 20x faster and more powerful than most people have. Incredibly, its 79. 99 a month for one year. Comcast charges you 89. 99 for a triple play that only offers 200 megs speeds. Switch to the most powerful internet at the most revolutionary price. Get fios gigabit connection for 79. 99 a month and well give you tv, hbo for one year and multiroom dvr service for 2 years all with a 2 year agreement. So act fast. Go to fiosgigabit. Com Jeff Skversky has a check on sports. The phillies dont look good. This says it all. They have lost 16 of 20. Their own players are ripping themselves. Phillies fans, you think you are hard on players, vince walaska sounds like a talk show host about himself today. This is the only happy moment, hes about to pop the question. Vince allowed a homer in every start but one, this one over the wall by david freeze. Phils down 1, more trouble for with a lawalaska. Rips himself saying hes clueless and has to stop putting pressure on himself. Phillies lose 63. Millville mike trout a big deal in the big apple playing gentagainst the metts. He grew up a phillys fan. Hes asked about his feelings toward the metts. Are the meths your Favorite Team . It could have been a dream come true for terry finned land and his horse. Always dreaming would win even in a bad day. Appeared he was headed for the triple crown in the preakness. Classic empire Cloud Computing they come to the finish together, Cloud Computing beawinning. There was only one triple crown winner in 38 years. Always dreaming lost the race. He dominated until running out of gas today. Still to come in sports, union dominated after an ugly start. We have the highlights. Oo, yeah. 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