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Tap water could use as a conductor. Who could have been a bad fire could have become a deadly incident. There are minerals in the water that could interact with the electricity and unfortunately cause electrocution and harm to those fighting the fire. Deenergizing a substation of this size is not easy. Once that was confirmed. There were more steps to take. We not only remotely opened the switches to stop the throw of electricity to this facility. We confirmed manually there was no power flowing in the area where these firefighters were about to fight this fire. Finally by the numbers here. Late this afternoon we were told that 2400 people still without Service Since yesterday and then we were told a short time ago that they are starting to cut in the portable generators, the truck mounted generators but had to take an additional 1400 customers off line temporarily. The hope is that everyone will be back and have power sometime early this evening, 6 00 plus or minus. Live in north philadelphia, john rawlins, channel 6 action news. Yesterday ade fire reminds us of the explosion at the peco station in center city that sent foam through the street in early december. This is not at the north philadelphia station because the setup is different. Here the equipment is close together and any fire could quickly damage the entire facility. And the foam is meant to stop that. On west westmoreland the transformers are more spread out. A Mother Holding her newborn son came facetoface with armed intruders, the woman was inside of her home in logan when the men broke down the front door, the men pushed the he was taken to ttion and four are in the hospital after what appeared to be an attempted murdersuicide. The 36yearold apparently jumped from a second story window on diamond street in north philadelphia and was carrying her child as she jumped. This happened at 10 30 and the other is in stable condition at her son is in c. Investigatorsfied when he killed a man in pointedt month. And the the officials responded after the man pointed the gun over his fence at his neighbors and refused to drop the weapon and an officer opened fire and the District Attorney john adamed deterreasonably. Two panels ofgether on a hoo Affordable Care act. The plan resistance from con lawmakers that say it doesnt go far enough. President trump plans to meet with conservative leaders and sell them on the plan. And sean spicer gave a glimpse of the plan. By removing the mandate of a gornthis program or pay pen are vaenalues in health care that lower cost. Spicer once again declined to provide any evidence backing up the president s explosive alligation that his predecessor barack obama ordered surveillance of donald trump during last years campaign. From here in the Delaware Valley and across the c rallying to prove the eco a woman marched i city where protesters are expected to gather. Reporter monica, that is right they are expected to assemble on logan square in a little bit and make their way here to Thomas Paine Plaza at 5 00 and then gather at an arou the world to thank you for bei solidity. They toomeys office on tthe socall toomey this time if old city to Mark International womens day. We have to be out here every day resisting, making sure our voices are heard especially now. Showing womens work is a big part of v what makes the world run. Demonstrators voiced concerns about issues Like Health Care to president Trumps Supreme Court nominee. Care about equitiable funding for Public Schools and that starts with paying our educators with a fair living wage and gender pay equity is important and access to health cache is personality. Philadelphia councilwoman, Blondell Reynolds brown had a round table discuss. And many participants wore red in a show of solidity. You look at the contributions of women, the science and Technology Contributions of women for sure we need to be reminded that we represent after the worlds population and bring a lot to the table because of who we are. Reporter today women were asked to refrain from spending money and trying to stay home from work to show their economic power. Critics argue that many women cant afford to stay home from work and cant afford to pay for child care. We expect the march to get underway here in center city at 5 00. Live in center city im sara bloomquist, channel 6 action news. Thank you time for a check now of the accuweather forecast midweek. Beautiful day out there. Gorgeous. We tied it all together sunshine and warm temperatures. Im not complaining about my job today especially when its outdoors. Well linger this beautiful weather into your thursday and big changes here first thing friday morning. The one thing we had was strong winds and take a look at the peak wind gusts, 53 Miles Per Hour in Atlantic City and 48 in philadelphia and clocking in at over 40 Miles Per Hour in the lehigh valley. Temperatures 63 warm degrees, 13 degrees above normal and 67 in washington and upper 60s for richmond and pittsburgh not bad at 56 degrees. We look at the evening planner, the low is 43 and temperatures in the mid50s at 7 00 and dropping into the lower 50s by 10 00 and 11 00 under a very clear sky and stays on the breezy side. So one more mild day for tomorrow. And then on friday morning, for the rush hour its bad timing, some morning wet snow mixing with rain in southern areas and it will usher in some very cold air. For the upcoming weekend, well take a look at future tracker 6 for friday and how much snow we are thinking here in the full accuweather forecast. In just a little bit. Sounds good thank you. Another anonymous Threat Forces police to evacuate another Jewish Community this morning. Emailed to the jcc in talliville overnight. And enough that the Police Evacuate the the building before 8 00 a. M. And everyone was able to return in the morning, this is the fourth threat the center has received just since january. Philadelphia police are releasing new Surveillance Video of a robbery in port richmond. These two men seen swinging in the playground attacked the man on edgemont street in the middle of the afternoon and got away with his wallet with 70 inside. If you know anything you are asked to call police. Turning our attention to the ride home, as we check the action news traffic report. The weather is cooperating and we are appreciate of that. That is a good thing, but we have issues, a couple of them out there. As we start the wednesday afternoon, here on 42 a fender bender on the southbound side here by creek road. Got it pushed off to the side and one vehicle up there on the shoulder and volume is building in south on 55 and not a big delay like we saw a couple of minutes ago with the fender bender and delay is forming on the schuylkill expressway coming eastbound and there was also an eastbound fender bender on the conshohocken curve gone now and you see the volume kicking in as you head toward the curve in gladwyne and westbound drivers, you see the issue sun glare as you travel west and travel south. Coming off the schuylkill on the northbound side of the boulevard extension, tacked like it is many afternoons but extra heavy because there was an earlier accident at 9th street. And traffic lights are working unlike yesterday afternoon. A crash in West Philadelphia at lancaster avenue and girard avenue, that means shuttle busing at the 10 and 15 trolleys, and a crash at markly street. Lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this hump day afternoon. So watch out for that as well. Well check it again brian and monica in the next half hour. See you then thank you. Still ahead federal investigators are on the scene if mississippi looking into the deadly train crash there. We got the latest hearing that the train conductor tried to stop before hitting the bus. And a key piece of American History tries for an upgrade to save thousands of dollars. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in cutomer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month, for the first year with a twoyear agreement. Its the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. Cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. Get the best. Go to getfios. Com it was a harrowing scene in mississippi a charter bus carrying dozens of tourists from a Senior Citizen group in texas to a casino in biloxi was stuck on railroad are tracks for five minutes, stuck there before a Freight Train barrelled right into it. The impact sent passengers flying and four People Killed and 40 hurt seven critically. Organizers say its not clear why the bus stopped in the first place. Whether its stalled or experienced mechanical issues. But the driver said he did all they could. When he saw they could not get off the tracks inside. And he opened the front doors and others got out of the back doors and unfortunately the others that were in the middle are the ones that we have the injuries with. The ntsb is on the scene investigating that bus was pushed 300 feet down the tracks by the Freight Train, Authorities Say it took more than an hour to get everyone on board of the bus out of the wreckage. Two people had to be removed with Metal Cutting equipment. A tragic one and still the mourning going on for those that lost with a lot of questions on how this happened. Monica, the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations had harsh words for the missile test. Considering every option ton the table. She wants to see some kind of positive action from north korea before there could be serious discussions but the u. S. Is committed to helping south korea as they see a threat to the north. We dont see any goodwill at all coming from north korea and i appreciate all the counterparts wanting to talk about talks and negotiations we are not deal weighing rational person. China has proposed that north korea suspend Nuclear Activities for the u. S. Stopping joint military exercises. And isis is claiming an attack on an afghani military hospital. They stormed the building killing at least 30 people and after at tack there were clashes with Security Forces that lasted for hours. All right now to a look at closing numbers on wall street and a fifth straight day for a negative side for the dowoff 69 points to close and s p down 5. 5 points on the day. Chris christie wants exoffenders to get another chance. They deserve more Job Opportunities because they paid their debt to society. He spoke at an employment summit at Thomas Edison university. A decorated piece of history is getting a modern update, High Energy Efficiency technology is installed on the uss new jersey, a contractor is changing old Lighting Fixtures to swap to led bulbs and that should save 200,000 a year in energy bills and a grant from the Clean Energy Program is making all this have possible. Hundreds of High School Seniors this a unique chance to show off the science research. For the Montgomery County competition, professional scientists came and gave feedback, they were feeting for monetary awards and laptops and a chance to compete for 3 million at a regional complex. And students from Piper Middle School had a chance to hear about careers today. They invited people to talk to the classroom about their jobs, they learned about daily life for those in the military and Hospitality Industry and veteran sciences and more. More than 40 professions were represented. And we hope you have a chance to get outside and enjoy today. Its a stunner out there. We have one more day with the sunshine and warm temperatures, the only thing again with the warmth and sunshine is the wind. And it continues right now, wind gusts 32 Miles Per Hour at the present hour in philadelphia and the same for wilmington and 39 Miles Per Hour in lancaster, 36 in allentown and down to the south not as windy but still clocking in at 16 in wildwood and 21 Miles Per Hour in millville. But even with that strong wind out of the southwest direction, that sunshine is going to work and 63 in philadelphia right now, the same for wilmington and dover at 62 and 61 in allentown and the Atlantic City airport at 60 degrees. All of that sunshine being supplied with weak High Pressure coming in from the south and west. You see rain and snow showers north of the u. S. Canadian border and the system we are tracking to bring a change thursday night and friday morning. Is yet to show up on the radar, blossoming to the west here Late Wednesday into thursday night. Kind of out of the middle of nowhere, mostly clear and breezy, 36 allentown and 41 in wilmington and 43 in millville and mid40s in the far southern areas, here is your day planner for your thursday. Take a look at you will of that sun when you get up tomorrow morning and sets tomorrow evening, pulling the 40s and 50s in the morning and hitting 60 or so degrees nast noon and then flip our minds from 60 to this. In the matter of hours. Snow developing 5 00 in the morning, friday near lancaster for the morning rush that collapses down to the south and its warmer air in the way of rain. And philadelphia starting to see the wet snow at 8 00 a. M. Same for trenton and pulls as far south as millville. And Atlantic City at 8 30 in the morning, a burst of wet snow and reduced visibility on the morning rush on friday and breaks apart at lunch time here. We take a look at the four models we are not looking at a lot precipitation or snow and the timing of the morning rush hour, anywhere from a coating to an inch. In and around philadelphia north and west. And also it will not stick on the pavement surfaces given how warm it has been recently. As we take a look at the four day at 4 00 forecast, snowfall on grass cars and trees and mild and breezy tomorrow at 63. The Morning Light snow giving way to clouds in the afternoon and 42 that ushers in cold air highs just above freezing here both saturday and on sunday. So big changes coming in as we approach the weekend. Brian cant contain himself. I cant. Next on action news a local zoo needs your help naming two adorable new fur balls, well explain the contest next. And a piping hot debate coming up in big talkers, pineapple on pizza . What do you think . Well break down the latest in our action news poll. Philadelphia is about to get cleaner as volunteers come to clean the city at the kickoff at the Hunting Park Rec Center for the 10th annual spring cleanup taking place april 8th. Can you register at philly spring cleanup. Com. Usually you have ago a top athlete to see your face on a cereal box. Three women are featured on a special edition cheerios box. The shoprite of medford raised the most money and store employees are being recognizes on that cereal box. Cool stuff. A local zoo wants your help choosing the name of two baby jaguars, inka gave birth to two cubs, both are said to be healthy and playful and the zoo is taking suggestions for the siblings until march 17th. I would vote for brian and monica how about that. A boy and girl why not. Much more ahead in our next half our of action news at 4 00. That includes new information on a violent Home Invasion that sent a philadelphia infant to the hospital. Why the young mother believed she was targeted. How would you like to see the world for free. And the delaware man is making it happen for not one, not two but three strangers but you have to travel with him. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, Sharrie Williams and brian taff. Hello again, it is 4 30 and action news continues with the reason that many women are overpaying for almost everything without even realizing it. And you dont need facebook to tell you the world is a divided place right now and not just of politics, but a war is waged online on whether or not pineapple belongs on pizza. Hear where our viewers stand on the great topping debate. And two teens face charges for sending their school on lockdown mode today. What the students did using social media and texts. We begin with breaking news out of morrisville, bucks county, the action cam was out along old bristol pike where police are investigating a person hit by a truck. It happened 90 minutes ago and the truck was located two blocks from the scene, and they have not released information on the victim or charges the driver is facing. Now to the latest on a violence Home Invasion, targeting the most vulnerable victims, a wo n womans newborn was pushed to the ground. Action News Reporter vernon odom is live at northwest detectives with that part of the story. Reporter good evening mon a monica, a pretty heinous crime. The detectives are continuing an all out manhunt for four cowards that staged a violent Home Invasion robbery against a defenseless young mother, 22 years old and her infant newborn. It is quiet on the 4500 block of north 18th today. Nothing like overnight turmoil and sudden explosion of violence and crime. A young mother climbed into bed with her 18monthold child and heard intruders crashed through the front door and came foo her room demanding all of her cash. She claims that the male offender grabbed the child from her arms and threw him to the floor and demanded currency. And then he fled to the front of the residence. And four armed men were caught on video fleeing from the scene and they fled with the money and cell phones, the baby was taken to the hospital for observation and so far shows no signs of injury. The Victim Told Police she was out with friends early in the evening and told several people she came into a substantial amount of money, 3500 in fact she was keeping in cash in her home. Recently she came too a substantial amount of money and she did let persons know she had the money and we are tracking down the persons that she did notify. That she had the money in her presence. Police say that telling friends about it, people she thought was friends was a mistake and now they are preparing video for the hope of releasing tonight. All four were masked and armed. Live at north broad, im vernon odom, channel 6 action news. All right thank you. Three teenagers accused of sending their south Jersey High School in lockdown are now arrested. Social media posts showing weapons believed to be inside absecon high. Police cleared the scene arresting a 16yearold girl and 17yearold boy in connection with this and then a different store student. 18yearold jill patel sent out a group text about a different phoney threat. And they are all charged with creating a false public alarm. Police are looking for a clumsy burglar caught breaking into a business. This is from outside of inspire. On north third street. One continues walking and the other decides to break into the tee brewery, he used his fist and then an object to smash the window, then the burglar falls back out and falls on the shatters glass and got away with 200 cash. If you have information on this breakin. Please contact police. A water main break left quite the muddy mess this afternoon. The action cam along 400 north orange street with the water main burst this afternoon. Orange is closed between west 4th and 5th. Police are hoping whoever is behind a hateful act of vandalism will do more than just apologize for it. A worker at the Library Found a pentagram and swastika and words on the building. On monday the staff found an apology note and a 50 donation, signed by quote, three irresponsible teenagers. But the teens still need to turn themselves in. If you like todays incredible weather, a big switc l us here at the end of the wperf wintiful shot from the philadelphia airport. A few high clouds and 63 degrees is the present temperature and the winds if you know anyone flying in or out. A bumpy ride westsouthwest at 24 Miles Per Hour a beautiful shot in cape may the stripe of blue sharing the sky with the clouds, a bit cooler, 53 degrees with winds out of the southsouthwest. Out of the bay in cape may, with the ocean temperature of 44, speaking of snow we are talking about skiers and snowboarders in camelback, puffy cumulous clouds above and 51 there now, really nice conditions and westerly winds at 23 Miles Per Hour. And well chat and the poconos will get the jackpot on friday morning with accumulating snow and many of us will have to drive in snow here friday morning. Well tell you what to expect there in the full accuweather forecast. Meantime, two women pioneers were honored for breaking new ground in delaware, Sally Hawkins in her 90s is the head of the 24 hour station and the head of the philadelphia Broadcasting Company and the Vice President at Wilmington University was honored as well as the first female africanamerican president of a college or university. Green tea extract is a supplement that people take to help them lose weight and some experts issued a warning about the product. Here is the details we need to know about. Its important that we are not talking about ordinary green tea, but the powder supplement. Ali gorman explains the health risk that has it called a supplement greed get to avoid. And coming up bentley is known for its high end cars many costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, and now an industry friend that could save money for consumers in the long run, those stories coming up at 5 00. Brian you have a bentley. In my dreams. You have a key chain. A dog named bentley. All across America Today parents are encouraged to start their childs day off right. We are in the middle of School Breakfast weeks that points out the importance of a well balanced morning meal and one Philadelphia School is celebrating with a visit from dr. William hite and mayor jim kenney. And they stopped by h. A. Brown Elementary School in their classrooms and they get that every day. Children are improving their reading skills, by practicing in front of fourlegged friends, the rescue dogs at Camden County rescue shelter are a none judgmental audience for the brookdale schools. They are reading out loud to dogs and that makes them more social and gets them ready to be adopted to new homes, reading to the rescue program and teaches children about the importance of volunteering. Still ahead the topic dividing the internet and the newsroom, it would appear. Does pineapple belong on pizza . Well see where our viewers stand on the issue that has canadas Prime Minister tweeting. And see the World Without paying a dime. That is exactly what a delaware man is offering up if you are willing to travel with him. And meteorologist, adam joseph, standing by with the full accuweather forecast. The details on the accumulating snow he mentioned. A woman fought back against the woman that robbed her even though she is 8 months pregnant. Mom to be was counting out cash to pay for money orders at a California Convenience store when the thief saw the opportunity and moved in. He took the money and ran but she was not about to let him get away. She chagsed him out into the parking lot and grabbed on to his get away car and almost went too far. They drove away and held on for a second and realized you are monthed pregnant and you cannot be chasing someone. Garlow says that she and her unborn son are doing just fine. A florida couple enjoys watching the boats go by their waterfront home but this was a first. The video of a celebrity cruise ship towering over their property. They believe it came within 100 feet of their house. The pilot says they stayed in the guidelines, the Pilot Association admits they were closer than usual because of the strong winds and currents. I would be running. A canadian town is apologizing for residents there for accidentally turning the water bright pink look at what is coming out of the faucets yesterday. They blamed the fuchsia color on a salt based chemical used to flush out the lines, shocking to look at but posed no Public Health risk. And the mayor said she made her normal Morning Coffee with the pink water. And how does it sound . A free vacation somewhere in the world with someone that loves new adventures. Here is the low down, im looking to take at least three trip a year wherever, i dont know and i want someone new to come every single time. There are so many adventures out there and someone to have them with. So how do i pick. That is kwame a pro Soccer Player that lives in delaware, kwame is randomly picking his followers on facebook and instagram for this chance to travel. He went from having 30 in his bank account to traveling the world thanks to credit card points and will use them for the free trips for three people and wants to share them with people that may not be able to afford those types of trips. You have to be 18 years old and healthy enough to travel with him. In the end he chooses based on come patibility. But everyone that enters gets a shot. Piping hot debate. That is saucy and cheesy but its real. Pineapple on pizza, there is a culinary war brewing that is pitting pizza traditionalists and the combo is slicing social media apart. It started with this tweet. From a girl named ali a picture of a pizza with pineapple and a 5 bill on it and a note that reads couldnt bring myself to put pineapple on it. And canadian Prime Minister justin trudeau, i have a pineapple and pizza and stand behind this southwestern ontario tradition. And in iceland the president says he would pass a law banning pineapple from being used in his country. He likes pineapple just not on pizza. We ask you our faithful pizza loving action news viewers to weigh in on our twitter poll. A serious question says our producer, jessica gonzales. 57 say no, second place obviously with 27 , those people like the pineapple, 16 people say if im feeling dangerous. Im a traditionalist, but im adventurous, i could try it but i stay in the straight and narrow, im like a margarita gal. I tried dessert pizza, anything sweet, its delicious. Like nutella, cinnamon, its delicious. Adam says no way on the pineapple. Brian . I feel like you on the edge. Alicia thank you. Lets get a check of the roads right now. I say if someone is giving me pizza im going to eat it no complaints, unless anchovies, i may say no thank you. We say no thank you to 295, big delays forming in the southbound lanes from past 70 through this point at the white horse pike at haddon heights. Some people are injured with the wreck. 295 southbound past route 30, just 10 Miles Per Hour traveling southbound toward the 42 freeway, i would use the turnpike instead. On 42 there is also a wreck past the black horse pike, we are not seeing a huge delay with that one. Across the river 95 in port richmond, a vehicle broke down. Here by allegheny, the right lane is out of commission and you are getting jams from ridge street and farther south another jam from penns landing to the walt whitman bridge and a crash has cleared. One in West Philadelphia at lancaster avenue and girard avenue, and we are shuttle busing on the 10 and 15 controlies, but the crash in norristown cleared out at harding boulevard. But watch out for fire activity at the bone fish grill in north wales. Near airport square. Well check it again if the 5 00 hour. How about a live look outside . Sky 6 hd giving you the view over penns landing. Adam joseph is standing by with the exclusive accuweather forecast. All right adam i think i could swear i heard you say accumulating snow. Yes, you did. On unpaved surfaces, grass and trees and rooftops, its still going to be a whack on our minds when we see that on friday morning after 60s for three straight days. But the streets are too warm. Yes. Perfect. Looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan well watch that for friday morning right now clear and sunshine and warm temperatures, 63 philadelphia and 63 wilmington and lower 60s in dover and millville and Atlantic City 60 degrees and allentown 61. Running about 13 degrees above normal. And you see all of this clear sky back to the west, the ohio valley and the Tennessee Valley and the system we are tracking is still way up in the Northern Plains and there is nothing to show you with it on radar, it will literally explode in intensity before it pushes through the region as it brings in very cold air. Its nothing we see coming towards us right now. Mostly clear tonight and breezy. 37 to 45 and winds stay up sustained between 10 and 20 overnight tonight. And High Pressure to the south and temperatures in the 60s lots of sun and 11 degrees above normal and here is the system we are watching and you see there is nothing on the radar but watch what happens when you put this in motion. Pushing to the east you see the precipitation develop and pass through the region early on friday morning. With the mix of wet heavy snow and rain in southern areas and dropping temperatures to 42 and for the weekend all this have cold air that floods in on saturday. Future tracker 6 at 2 00 on friday morning, that is when we start to see the band of snow develop to the north and presses down to the south, and the hear of the rush hour heavy wet snow all areas i95 north and west and pushing as far south as millville and Atlantic City. What to expect during the morning rush here on friday morning. Wet snow mixing with rain in far southeastern areas, the ground is warm and the roads will just be wet and the accumulation is confined to none pavement suffer as, going to be wet and have reduced visibt and that slows down the morning rush and again something we watch around an inch or so, we are thinking in the city of philadelphia. To as much as 3 inches in allentown and again think none paved surfaces. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast sunny and breezy and mild tomorrow and 63, 42 with the morning round of snow lifting away in the afternoon and when we wake up saturday morning, look at this, that is how its going to feel to begin the weekend, 2 in allentown 8 philadelphia and 8 in millville and a high of just 33 degrees, a dry weekend and we turn the clocks ahead late saturday night early sunday morning and 35 on sunday and cold on monday. And a pretty powerful coastal storm that could come by here on tuesday at 39 degrees and 41 on wednesday. We are about to enter a more winter like pattern in spring. Cant change it. If you are a woman there is a good chance are you overpaying for almost everything. There is a way around the pink tax. E year. 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month, for the first year with a twoyear agreement. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. Go to getfios. Com or call 1. 888. Get. Fios get the best. Get fios. If you are a woman here is something to consider, a 50 chance are you overpaying for just about everything. Its called the pink tax and it gets the name from the products marketed to women using the color pink. Everything from razors to shampoos and socks you name it. If its marketed to girls its marked up. They compared thousands of products and girls pay more for everything, helmets crafting supplies and even onesies and a few more dollars may not seem like a big deal with ladies big and small playing close to 1400 more every year for goods and services, so how do you avoid it. Shop gender neutral you love a special product and its marketed to women shop the sales. And buy in bulk especially because it drives down the cost of each individual item, use this online like sites like amazon or costco, and bjs. And reward the stores that charge the same price no matter who is buying it. There are stores on board with this and avoiding the pink tax and sound off, contact your local representative. And companies and stores are starting to listen. That will do it for action news at 4 00, for Alicia Vitarelli and adam joseph, im brian taff. Join us tonight and every night for a full hour of action news at 10 00 on phl 17. Here is Rick Williams with a look at what is ahead at 5 00. Coming up a ruling from berks county officials a few weeks match a man was shot and killed by police in his own home. Why they are calling the shooting justified. And the new Health Care Showdown on capitol hill. Coming up next on action news at 5 00. Action news Delaware Valleys leading news program. With jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, Rick Williams and monica malpass. Nearly two woks after a man was shot and killed by police in berks county officialed ruled the shooting was justified. That officers were staring down this gun with a drunk man holding the trigger leaving one policeman no choice but to open fire. The big story is the ruling from the District Attorney in the shooting death of michael todd stout. Walter perez is live on spruce street in reading where stout was shot late last month. Reporter hey guys, it happened here on the 1200 block of spruce and was one of those cases where neighbors describe the gunman as a good guy and kept to himself and never caused a problem. But they say its a dangerous case of alcohol and firearms. The officer was justified. In his use of force. That is the conclusion reached by berks county investigators after a Deadly Police involved shooting two weeks ago in reading it all sported when he was hosting a cookout for friends and family. And he entered to smoke a cigarette. He came out side and pointed this sawed off shotgun in his direction and ordered him to put out the cigarette in a

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