Reporter investigators spent much of the day here at the hamill Mill Apartments looking for clues to catch this arsonist. Residents are worried and some are moving out. The string of arsons had firefighters inspecting the hamill Mill Apartments developing an evacuation plan at the building that houses the elderly and disabled. Its the third or fourth time and it doesnt make any sense. Lee is among the 50 or so residents on edge and worried about their safety. The first suspected arson happened in april and since then four more two in the lobby and two in the elevator. It makes me feel nerve yours and scared. They had to evacuate the building and getting the elderly and disabled out is not easy. I was in a wheelchair, i had to basically crawl down the steps to come out to safety. Last night at 10 45 we got a bang on the door fire fire. I had to jump out of bed put my cloernlgs on and walk down the steps. Philadelphia police have launched an arson investigation and they hope to catch the arson before someone is seriously injured. This needs to stop. Fortunately there is no significant injuries or damage. Im chad pradelli, channel 6 action news. Thank you. The Montgomery County courthouse is lit in orange in honor of National Gun Violence awareness day. County officials teamed up with cease fire philadelphia today to end gun violence. And say its not politic orz policies but raising awareness. We can all agree that gun violence is something that we should be joined together to try and reduce and eliminate here in the commonwealth of pennsylvania and indeed across the United States of america. National Gun Violence Awareness Day is also known as wear orange day, inspired by a group of teenagers in chicago that asked their classmates to wear orange in honor of a murdered friend. A man that shot and killed a professor at ucla and turned the gun on himself had a socalled kill list that led them to another body. He kill his professor before killing himself yesterday. They searched his home and found the names of another professor and a woman. That woman was found shot to death in her home. The other professor was not injured. Now they are looking into what his motive might have been. A man accuse sd of shooting and wounding two Police Officers in california is found dead inside of his burning home. His body was found after a standoff. It started yesterday afternoon in the town of fremont, the officers were shot during a traffic stop and that prompted a house to house search for the suspect. The suspect barricaded himself inside a vacant home and shot the locks off the door. They tried to force the man out with tear gas and it caught fire. Officials now confirm what many fears, prince died of an overdose of an opioid. The powerful drug fentanyl, more powerful than heroin. Reporter all of that speculation that his death was caused by an overdose and the autopsy report listing it as accidental. Princes death no longer a mystery. They released finding that the star died of an accidental opioid overdose. Fentanyl, similar to morphine but stronger. The music icon was found dead in his paisley park home outside of minneapolis in april. The stars friends noted at the time that he battled pain for years. He had issues with his hips, if you look back in the days of purple rain when he was on top of ricers and jumping down off risers in those heels, it damaged parts of his body. Days after his death princes long time attorney disputed suggestions that he had a drug addiction but there were indications that he may have struggled with opioid abuse. The day before he died. They contacted an opioid addiction specialist. He and his team knew he was struggling and needed help. Its tragic that help got there too little too late. Princes sister says the family will hold a Memorial Service for him in august. Marcy gonzales, channel 6 action news. Time now for a check of the action news traffic report thursday night. Lets go to matt pellman and see how things are rolling. They are rolling slowly, as we head home rick and monica, this is the westbound side by the roosevelt boulevard and basically its a stop and go ride, the whole way from montgomery drive on out to the blue route, 476, we see extra traffic on northbound 476 because people are heading up to the poconos for the nascar race, the tricky triangle they call it. Our tricky triangle here, speeds are slow in the teens. A crash in white marsh township at Butler Ridge Pike and one in northentry at and king of prussia a water main break at mall boulevard. The turn lanes off 202 to mall boulevard are closed and we hear that mall boulevard may be shut down until the Early Morning hours. That is 202, the turn lane is closed here to get to mall boulevard and king of prussia mall. Meanwhile, over in Camden County, a broken down truck on 295 southbound side by the black horse pike mostly off to the side but still attracting attention as you head southbound to the 42 freeway. And gloucester township a crash along College Drive at love drive. We are not loving these conditions, but well check them again in the next half hour. Thank you. The battleship new jersey is part of our regions history but for year its was missing a piece of its own. A set of silver dating back hundreds of years was loaned out but never returned at least until now. As Nora Muchanic reports, bowls and plates tell a story all their own. This is part of the sterling Silver Service back home. This is what its made for. Its wonderful for people to see this, its unique and doesnt exist anywhere else in the world. The set was moved from the Governors Mansion when an agreement was made to share the silver made by tiffany and company. Its detail is incredible. And has Different Industries on the punch bowls and has the great seal of the United States be the seal of the state of new jersey. Swag and detail and eagles and navy anchors. And salt caddies lined with gold so the salt did not pit the silver. It was used when theyenttained important visitors. It was great to see what the captain had and what it means to the ship. This newspaper article from 1906, the captain says the service would never be lost unless the ship went down. Its important to get all the things back that were moved from the ship. Like guns and things like that. But the silver is important for the ship. The entire service is owned by the navy, and they are displayed in a secure case in the captains quarters. The new jersey is the most decorated battleship in the nave y. The museum would like to eventually have all the silver returned. But they are thrilled to have part of it back on board. Nora muchanic, channel 6 action news. Nice . Much more to come on action news thursday night. A new crack down on the payday loans. What the Obama Administration is doing to make sure consumers are better protected. Plus, its one of the most popular musicals in years and one of the hardest tickets to get and now word that the star of hamilton is making a decision that could disappoint a lot of fans. Temperatures in the 80s and good amount of sunshine earlier, im tracking more clouds streaming in tonight and not one but two cold fronts with the potential for stormy weather. Ill time it out for you when action news returns. This 10yearold student in West Philadelphia has something to smile about. Isaac burnstein won the youth Fire Prevention contest. Fire commissioner, adam peel presented him with a certificate in a presentation today. The contest was open to all philadelphia students between the ages of 6 and 12. Very nice. On health check we continue coverage on details regarding princes death. An official says the musician overdosed on an opiate medication. Ali gorman is here with more at the big board. Reporter we dont know all the details about prince but we know its a growing problem. People take a prescribed medication for pain and then they get hooked and some move on to stronger opioids, and fentanyl is one of the strongest and can be dangerous. They say there is misconceptions about addiction, some think it doesnt happen to people with well off or a career, but the truth is anyone can become addicted to pain killers. There say misconception about treatments, and after a 28 day program addicted are cured and the doctor says they are just in remission, it requires lifelong street and followup. In other news, the rate of teenage pregnancies has dropped again this year. The number has hit a new historic low and the experts attribute it to less teens having sex and peer influence and more consistent use of birth control. Finally today typically as the weather gets warmer and more people are out enjoying sporting events and outdoor concerts and there is construction and that can bring a lot of noise. They say you should be aware of how much noise are you exposed to and it only takes one instance of noise to damage the cells in your ears. You run the risk of having hearing problems, that is the equivalent of a sound of a vacuum cleaner orbloeender. We get used to it, if we live on a busy streak we are used to the traffic but every single second we are exposed to noise can lead to damage. If you find yourself in a loud area for a while its best to move away and take breaks from time to time and use foam earplugs, if you want to figure out the exact level, there are free smart phone apps that help you to measure that noise level. All right ali thank you very much. The star of the hit music hamilton is apparently leaving the show to work on other projects. The Hollywood Reporter says that he will depart the show in july that, will be less than a month after the tony awards. Hamilton has a record 16 nominations, the report says it will be may 9th for his last day. Details on a federal crack down that deal in payday loans. Well take you to a scentennial sell brings. One American Park is larger than yellowstone, yosemite, grand canyon and Glacier National parks combined. And thats not the only thing you can only find in new york state. You can find it all only in new york. New york. Its all here. Its only here. Plan your Summer Vacation at iloveny. Com people applied for Unemployment Benefits last year for the Third Straight week in a row, a sign that the job market is healthy despite a slow down in hiring. And that they are confident enough to keep the workers they have. The Obama Administration is cracking down on the payday loan industry, they have announced new rules for lenders, among them to determine if helpeders can afford to pay back loans and stopping repeated penalty fees and it applies to auto lenders and high cost installment loans. Seven automakers are adding more than 4 million vehicles to the already massive takata airbag recall. General motors, ford, jaguar and Mercedes Benz issued recall notices today. Airbags will be replaced in mainly older models. The recalls are being phased in over the next two years. Still ahead on action news the check of the accuweather forecast. Looking live outside at the jersey shore, not bad in cape may. Meteorologist cecily tynan, has your accuweather forecast. P . P . O . Gv one of philadelphias most popular public spaces hosted a ceremony here to mark a milestone. They honored the Society Hills contributions to washington square. Todays ceremony was in front of the tomb of the unknown soldier. And marks 100 years for the parks service. Meteorologist, cecily tynan is standing by with a nice forecast. So far so good for the month of june. Exactly. You know what today is . National leave the office early day. We have to get going. You know what tomorrow is. National doughnut day tomorrow. Is that true . Its National Donut day every day for rick. Looking at sky 6 hd, at the Commodore Barry bridge if you are leaving early today a few cumulous clouds popping up and temperatures on the warm side. Philadelphia 81 and allentown 83. Not quite as warm as yesterday and lancaster and reading 81 and trenton 79 degrees. The water temperature in the upper 50s and 67 degree fz Cape May Point and 65 in beach haven with a good amount of cloud cover. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing the next system i am tracking is a cold front. You can see a broken line ahead of the front. What that will do it brick us scattered showers and thunderstorms, it will finally kick bonnie out to sea. This is the storm that doesnt want to let up. They had 7 to 8 inches of rain in cape hatteras. And the wins increase to 35 miles per hour. And its renamed tropical depression bonnie. We have showers and thunderstorms on the way tomorrow. The first of two fronts moving in. Tonight the clouds increase and a few late showers tonight. 65 in philadelphia, allentown 63 and cape may 64. And willing to be 65 degrees, future tracker 6 showing tomorrow morning, good to tune in early at 4 30, well likely see scattered showers and thunderstorms during the morning commute. Not everyone will get them but those that do could get a heavy downpour. Well see peeks of sunshine and with the sunshine causes the instability could have a few more popup showers. Could be a big weekend in the poconos. Race weekend and storms and 71 and saturday is looking nice and sunshine with a few clouds. With the race on sunday its looking wet with the potential of heavy downpours and thunderstorms, and lots of clouds and 68 degrees. A lot of clouds and showers and thunderstorms again in the morning and then again in the afternoon with the instability. 78 is the high. Saturday looking good if you want to plan a pool party do it on saturday. Partly sunny and 85 degrees, sun is looking wet humid with rain and perhaps thunderstorms heavy in the afternoon, 79 degrees and we clear things out with temperatures in the low 80s. Despite the clouds and its great to go to cape may, Melissa Magee is at the fudge kitchen. And melissa anything vanilla or white chocolate. Just in case. I have you covered cecily. We are right up above at fudge kitchen. There say lot going on here and history as well. Check out hank he is doing it up big time making the ribbons. Hank you are on the spot this is your 15 minutes, there you go we have more on what to do down the shore, cecily there is vanilla fudge. I have it waiting for you. Rick and monica what do you like . A sample plate. Free is my favorite. We wont see any of that. More ahead in our next half hour of action news at 5 00. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, Rick Williams and Monica Malpass. Hello again. Here is what is happening on action news thursday night. Police say that the gunman that kill aid professor on ucla campus is connected to a murder thousands of miles away. And Governor Tom Wolf issued a call to action for all pennsylvania lawmakers to take a stand against drug addiction. Now to more developing details on the murdersuicide yesterday on the campus of ucla. Authorities say he had a kill list with at least three targets on it. His professor bill kluge was apparently on the list and police in minneapolis are linking him to the murder of a woman there. Branty hit is here with more. Investigator says that the gunman was prepared to take out multiple targets. The third person was another ucla professor and that professor had spoken to police and he was well aware that the gunman did not like him. The shooter causing mass chaos on campus he was heavily armed and went to kill two faculty and was only able to fine one. He was a former student of William Kluge an engineering professor who he gunned down before taking his own life. Investigators finding two semi automatic pistols at the scene and several magazines full of ammunition and later fining a kill list he left behind. And on it a second ucla professors name who was off campus at the time and a woman whose body was found with a gunshot wound inside of this minnesota home. She was deceased prior to the incident at ucla. They are linking this blog post for a possible motive. Calling professor kluge. Saying he cleverly stole all of my code and giving it to another student. He leaves behind a wife and two young children. Loved his family, and a wonderful wife. A candle light vigil is planned for ucla and thousands are expected to attend. Channel 6 action news. Thank you. The cincinnati zoo made changes to the gorilla exhibit and plan to reopen it next week. After a young boy climbed into the enclosure last week. They ended up killing a gorilla to save the child that sparked controversy over the country and gorilla world will have a reenforced safety barrier a foot higher when it reopens next week. Boxing hummuhammad ali is in the hospital for a respiratory issue. He is currently in fair condition. He is expected to stay at the hospital for a few days. He has battled parkinsons disease for years, but its not clear if this medical issue is connected to that. World news with david muir will have more on the ucla murdersuicide and other stories from around the world. Catch it at 6 30 after action news at 6 00. A philadelphia man is behind bars tonight accused of killing his own grandmother, this is 25yearold nathaniel mcfadden, they found jaime dawson with severe injuries in her home. A few weeks later she died. Detectives arrested mcfadden yesterday and charged him with murder and allege he assaulted his 60yearold aunt on that day. An out of control driver slammed into the house overnight in Montgomery County. It happened on german town pike at 1 00 a. M. The address is listed as a he is looking to fund 50 different outpatient homes across the state. This is something that cuts across party lines and class lines and geographical lines in pennsylvania, i think there is real interest in doing something about this. Wolf says the outpatient homes will help to treat 11,000 people a year. Philadelphia police are looking for a thief who set his sights on a center city work site. This is Surveillance Video from 15th and walnut. Detectives say the man broke in and took 4,000 worth of tools and copper fitting and then took off. If you recognize the suspect authorities want to hear from you. Its that time again to see what is going on down at the shore this weekend. Melissa magee is live in cape may with more and a lot of sweet treats for us too right melissa . Hopefully they make it down to the station rick and monica, we are inside the fudge kitchen right along washington street mall here in cape may, this is essentially one stop shopping. I dropped my mint this was for adam. Thank you i appreciate that. There is so much going on at the fudge kitchen, this location since more than 0 years, you remember the pez dispensers it takes you back. There is a lot more going on this weekend and the Restaurant Week starts next sunday and what else is going on this weekend down at the shore. Its time to stop and smell the roses during the annual flower show in ocean city. Sweet aromas and colorful bouquets lead to moreland terrace and the boardwalk. The flower show starts friday and lasts through sunday. Known for its variety of fine dining experiences, from casual sit down to formal dining, cape may is showcasing its best restaurants for Restaurant Week, over 25 locations will offer fixed dining and the eight day event kicks off this friday. Hope to see you down at the shore. Reporter so much going on down the shore. Its our second weekend of the unofficial start of the season and with me i have the mayor of cape may. Tell me about a few things happening this season . We have our usual free entertainment every night of the week including movies on the beach on thursday evening, and 38 great band can certificates for free. And best of all we have our monday night summer Concert Series featuring Rita Coolidge and the spinners and the fifth dimension. I like the fifth dimension that goes way back. Thank you mayor. We appreciate you coming out. Cape mays Restaurant Week is june 5th . Yes. I know adam likes minute taffy, maybe he will like mint fudge. He will definitely try it. Its free adam, its free thank you melissa. Remember action news is about interaction with you, follow us on social media for the latest headlines and accuweather and to communicate with us. On facebook facebook. Com 6abcactionnews. Right now be want to check the traffic scene for those folks headed home. Matt pellman is in the traffic accepter. Those that did not leave the office on this leave the office earl why day. We have major problems on the boulevard, locked up to the schuylkill to wissahickon. There is a broken down vehicle taking out the left lane. And its plenty busy and nothing in your way except for a lot of other traffic on the vine street expressway it closes again tonight at 11 00 for construction. And we will also have work on the schuylkill tonight, eastbound side by south street starting at 9 00 that causes big delays if you are headed home late, 9 00 on the schuylkill eastbound. A crash in West Philadelphia, 56 and webster by Mastery Charter School and the crash in white marsh is gone and slow speeds on the eastbound schuylkill and turnpike. Mall boulevard is still closed by the mall we hear likely until the morning hours, gulf road or allen dale road are alternates. Thank you matt. Still ahead on action news they were saved from a gruesome fate halfway around the world. You can make a big difference for these dogs for a forever home. Another warm, dry day in philadelphia, 84 was the High Temperature above the normal of 79. The numbers back off and the humidity spikes and increases well talk about the changes in accuweather. And jaime apody has sports including phillies and eagles news tonight. man wow. male offscreen announcer whats it feel like to win 100,000 home makeover, with top prizes of a hundred grand . man whoa. Its amazing. Yes male offscreen announcer with instant games from the pennsylvania lottery, the instant you play could be the instant you win. Keep on scratchin. We have breaking news chopper 6 hd is over a house fire. This is the morel park section of philadelphia. A house fire in the 3700 block of south hereford lane, the blaze apparently ignited after 5 30 tonight and heavy smoke was showing from a two story dwelling here and no word on injuries. Fire crews are battling this fire. A house fire in the morel park section. Well bring you more information as we get it tonight. And a real life History Lesson in northeast philadelphia. A member of the jewish war veterans and survivor of the holocaust shared his story, Danny Goldsmith spoke of his upbringing and shared pictures of his family and talked about hiding from the nazi and stories of antisemitism that exists today. The phillies are still on a losing streak. That is not good. The phillies are in a free fall, the losing streak has reached six. Swept by the cubs and then the nationals. Hoping to start fresh with the brewers. Because after that they have six more with the cubs and the nationals. The phils just averaging three run a game and they find themselves a game under. 500. When things are going good it snowballs and things are going back it snowballs. You try to hit and run and you try to see. When you are going good it works and when its going back it doesnt. Well fuse a few more players in the lineup to see what they can offer. Hopefully he is not starting this guy. Doug peterson taking cuts in the cage today. You know he was all state in baseball in high school. Peterson will address the media tomorrow, not about his hitting but about his eagles. On tuesday attendance is mandatory, will sproles and cox show up. Cox hoping to corner the market when it comes to the payday on the d line. And eric row hopes to lock up a starting job. There is much to be learned and games to be made. Everybody is important, to try to better yourself. Especially you know in the corner position we have a lot of good guys, we are all feeting but its making us all better, each practice we dont comment out with the mind set oh another practice, we come out with today is time to get better. Warriors and cavs take two tonight. The warriors took it in six games last year to capture their first championship. And the cavs have the king and lebron james is out for revenge, 24 with nba finals. Brett brown has coached against lebron james in the finals before. I was with the spurs we lost that heart breaker to miami in miami. And think about you are up 5 with 23 seconds left and ray hits the shot and you lose and we lost that series and i came to philadelphia and they regrouped and played them again. And found a way to win. I think its going to be that again here with cleveland, you know they have new life and new teammates, fresh bodies. I would small margin go with cleveland. Game one cavs war yoriowarri rematch tonight at 9 00. You dont agree with brett . I think the warriors are too deep. I like their bench. What do you think monica . We have to wait and see. Three dogs saved from slaughter are now up for adoption in south jersey. Human Society International rescued the pups from a meat farm in south korea around the world. They are working to socialize the dogs and hoping to find them forever homes. They have grown up in horrific conditions, cages and dirty and miss treated and essentially raised to be slaughterered for human consumption. Anyone interested in adopting them should cant the Camden County animal shelter. Im so sorry, ms. Maroney. This personal essay is way harder than i thought, its just not in my nature to brag on myself. Not even a backdoor brag . Whats a backdoor brag . Sneaking Something Wonderful about yourself into everyday conversation, like when i tell people, i cant watch musicals cause i have perfect pitch. vo some carriers promise unlimited streaming, but then automatically shrink your videos so theyre not hd quality. Its not pretty. Really . Switch to verizon now, buy two samsung phones, and get a free samsung 50 inch smart tv. Only on americas best network. Adam is here and time to check the accuweather story. Are things Getting Better as we head to the weekend . Eh. In a word not great. It goes downhill as we approach the weekend. Stormtracker 6 live double scan lots of sunshine today and if you are at the shore clouds and fog developing because of an easterly wind there and overall a pretty Beautiful Day. There you see the numbers, they are in the 60s at the shore. From beach haven to Atlantic City and cape may. Between 65 and 69 degrees, the winds wrapping over the cold ocean water, 77 in millville and again as you head to the north and west. It gets warmer away from the easterly wind away from philadelphia and the Lehigh Valley sitting at 3. A few things on radar, the spin to the south off north carolina. This is tropical depression bonnie, yes bonnie is renamed after losing the tropical characteristics and now gaining strength, but bonnie heads out to sea. Not up the eastern seaboard. We are watching a cold front to the northern and west. Not a solid line but showers and thunderstorms to round out the work and school week. They are around for 7 30 and the best chance is north and west of philadelphia. And a few of us are getting hid tomorrow morning and lunch time into new jersey in the scattered variety, so not a washout tomorrow and tomorrow is extremely humid as well. And by 5 00 in the afternoon, again some scattered storms, peppered through the region and not everyone will see them on friday. A setup for the weekend, its brighter to the north with sunshine and 85 degrees, south of philadelphia southern Cape May County and a lot of clouds saturday and even an isolated shower and low pressure arrives with a warm front and associated cold front, since that system will be pulling in nearby on sunday, well have strong if not severe storms, especially south of philadelphia. Pretty much a washout with 1 to 2 inches of rain. Meteorologist, Melissa Magee, is down at the shore. And people are flocking there yet again. Are you going for a carriage ride . Is that your best bud . It is my best bud. We have drama queen, what is the name of the horse and the dalmatian is a puppy, 14 weeks, called inky dink. Isnt that the cutest. Here in cape may on friday, showers and storms, mostly cloudy day but not a washout. But watch for the wet weather, temperature of 69, saturday it gets betwer a mix of clouds and sun and more clouds move in as the front gets closer, a High Temperature of 74 and at the shore on sunday, downpours are likely, its a humid day as well with a High Temperature of just 72. And the ocean temperature coming in at 63 degrees, definitely not the best day with the clouds and moisture, i know its better inland adam and we have inky dink. He is whining because he want a carriage ride. Help the guy out, he holding a horse and a dog, he is multitalent multitalented. Enjoy cape may, a Beautiful Day despite clouds and if you head to the poconos, youll bump into showers for nascar in town and a few scattered showers on friday and saturday is a good day and then 76 and heavy thunderstorms on sun at 68 degrees. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast temperatures tomorrow dip below, and the humidity spikes with scattered storms, beautiful on saturday especially north of philadelphia with the sun and 85 and humid sunday and again 1 to 2 inches of rain with the thunderstorms passing through and drys out on monday and tuesday and comfortable wednesday and thursday with temperatures in the mid70s. Thank you so much. Quick break and more news when we come right back. Right now jim gardner and the Action News Team are standing by with these stories at 6 00. They have identified the woman tied to a cinder block found in a creek. That and much more at 6 00. For cecily tynan and Monica Malpass im Rick Williams have a good night. Action News Delaware valleys leading news program. With ducis rogers. Meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. Thursday night and Police Investigate a series of arsons at an apartment complex in german town and a water main break disrupts septas rail service in center city philadelphia. But the big story tonight is the identify of a woman found in a pond and tied to a cinder block. Authorities have identified her as 24yearold ryan Steven Benjamin of pottstown. Her body was found on memorial day in a Swimming Hole in pigeon creek. Lawmen are trying to close in on a suspect. Dann cuellar is live with more. Reporter well, after releasing the images of the jewelry and clothing she was wearing, they were able to identify her through her mother and now they are trying to track down the people they was last seen with or talking to on the phone. The victim is identified as 24yearold Ryan Benjamin of pottstown. And she was just starting her career in prek education. She was socialable and out going and well loved in the area. Her body was found tied to a cinder block in east coventry township. There was no gun shot wounds or signs o