The firearm. The officer returned fire and shot and killed gashard. They were looking for him since last september. He was saved by s. W. A. T. Armor that is morrow bust than standard issue. Had that been a patrol officer, it would be a different issue, it was low enough this vest had an flap that when down and it caught the round. The officer is a 17 year veteran of the force and has a wife and two children. We are not releasing his name to the public after Police Determine he and his family are no in danger. Thank you for the update. Coverage of this story continues at 6abc. Com there youll find the latest details about the officer and suspect as well as information about what led to this mornings violence exchange. Its all right there right now at 6abc. Com. From our delaware newsroom tonight, a registered sex offender was arrested for sexually assaulting two teenage girls, 27yearold Matthew Hagen knew one of the alleged victims and investigators say he invited the girls back to his home on monday night and the girls were assaulted multiple times and hagen was arrested and is held on 450,000 bond. And new video after an atm exploded, it happened at 9 30 at the corner of sixth and luzerne streets you can see the debris falling and two suspects running from and away the atm. They believe an illegal fire with work was used to set off the blast the suspects got away empty handed because the money was safe inside of the atm and remained in tact. Local Law Enforcement say that they shut down a suspected heroin dealer on the main line and the suspect is a 61yearold woman. Walter perez has the details. Reporter hi sharrie local investigators say that the suspect 60yearold lynn towardle was not just dealing from her home in wayne, they believe she is a junky that turned to sell can narcotics to subsidize her addiction. On the street next to this Elementary School is a heroin dealer but people know her as lynn twadle a woman that lives on the road, she is 61. They say this case is truly a sign of the times its now with the change in society, we are seeing a burge ning amount of pills and oxycodone. This fet oh shows just a few of the 250 bags of heroin they recovered along with a han gun we spoke with people that live nearby that say this case is simply frightening it can happen to anybody it doesnt matter where you live or the education you have, it can happen to anybody. I dont know how she got such a mess but maybe a Family Member or somebody can help her. Meanwhile sergeant bereta says that this should serve as a cautionary tail. In the suburbs we have the heroin use and abuse and distribution. No word if twadles husband is facing charges. Reporting live, walter perez, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Armed citizens are showing up at a National Guard recruiting center, some of them all around the country in the wake of last weeks deadly shooting rampage in tennessee they want to protect recruiters that are not armed. The delaware National Guard pulled their recruiters from three satellite offices and they will report to new main bases until security measures are put in place, we want to protect them and make sure they are safe there, and we are looking at upgrades in the satellite offices. Officials say they are engaged in daily conversations with governor jack markell with arming the recruiters and that the threat level does not warrant it. Firefighters are letting a large warehouse fire in New Brunswick new jersey, burn itself out. Residents in a nearby Apartment Building were evacuated when the siding of their building caught fire. Well have more in a full report from the scene in our next half hour. Turning to the forecast now a picture perfect day across the region, we finally got a break from the crazy humidity lets look live at sky 6 hd a nice evening to take a flight in or out of Philadelphia International airport and accuweather says that this weather is going to stick around. Lets get the details now from cecily tynan cecily it is a nice day. Its gorgeous out here sharrie, mostly sunny skies and a refreshing breeze and low humidity, that is key, heat wave number two is officially over, the heat index peaked at 105 and yesterday 91 making it a heat wave. And today so far in philadelphia 85 degrees is the high which is two degrees high of the normal high of 87 degrees, philadelphia 84 degrees and allentown its 80 and millville 83 and with the land breeze and not a sea breeze the same temperatures as inland. The same in Atlantic City and beach haven 83 degrees, part of the reason why it feel soz great, not the temperature but the dew points dew points have dropped into the 50s, when you get dew points this time of year below 60 degrees, that is a comfortable air mass, we have three more days of it so if you have not gotten out to enjoy it you have more time. High pressure over the midwest, that will stay in control of our weather right into the first half of the weekend. If are you heading to the playground with the kids, enjoy it a light breeze and pleasant 84 and 8 0081 degrees, i am tracking the return of heat and humidity along with storms, ill have details of when that occurs. Thank you. While you are outside enjoying this nice stretch of weather visit the weather page at 6abc. Com. You can see the latest weather reports as well as the accuweather forecast and follow the Action News Team of meteorologists for updates throughout the entire day. Time for a check of the action news traffic report for a wednesday night. Lets go live to matt pellman in the Traffic Center for an update. If you are traveling on route 1 the not so super highway, because of this crash the pendel exit, we have to trucks here but they have not towed away the vehicles yet and traffic is swerving around coming north of the pennsylvania term pike and that means north of woodhaven road. The phils game has wrapped up but first a crash in upper moreland at lake view drive the phils game wrapped up what you need to know from me is the schuylkill westbound is heavy and not helping us out we have a disabled truck at girard avenue taking out 95 its extra heavy with slow speeds off the walt whitman bridge and a bus fire in Cranberry Township in the southbound lanes of the turnpike past the Molly Pitcher service area you sew a little bit of adelay there because of the bus fire. You dont want to play sports reporter. No, ill leave that to them. There is more to come on action news at 5 00. Federal authorities announce ikea is offering a safety kit to keep dressers and chests from falling over this after a year after a local toddler was killed by the hazard. And now a bionic eye used to help patients overseas. Ali gorman has more in health check and cecily tynan is back with the full forecast from accuweather. C i am never getting married. Never. Psssssh. Guaranteed. You picked a beautiful ring. Thank you. Were never having kids. Mmmmmm. Breathe. I love it here. We are never moving to the suburbs. We are never getting one of those minivan . We are never having another kid. Im pregnant. I am never letting go. For all the nevers in life state farm is there. The penalty phase begins in the Movie Theater shooter james holmes, he was found guilty on murder in the shooting that took place in 2012, the same jury that convicted him will now decide if he should get the Death Penalty today he told a judge that he will not testify during this phase of the trial. There are more incidents of lasers being aimed at planes in new jersey overnight, and the faa is investigating when at least four flights reported being illuminated by lasers. Lacers can disorient and temporary blind pilots. In health check treating high cholesterol could be under a big change the fda is looking to sign off on a new drug. Its been 30 years since the first staten drug was approved in the u. S. , now now a pfs k9 inhibitor, its being tested here in philadelphia the doctors are taking part in the trial, looking at a drug developed by pfizer, its an auto injecter that a patient uses once a week, statens are good but dont work for everyone. A number of patients did not reach their targeted goals to control cholesterol. Some patients developed side effects that is where this new drug can help. The plan hopes to enroll 30,000 patients we have more at 6abc. Com. There is new hope for the millions of americans with known as a bionic eye. That was fran fulton last august thanks to a bionic eye she was able to see again for the first time in 15 years fulton has a rare eye disease but doctors in england put it in ray flynn with the more common mack lar. Patients wont see as they used to and the images will be more crude but it can significantly help them get around better. This is what the doctor told us when it can be used on people with more common problems like macular generation. It can be useful. Thank you. And now habitat for humanity in philadelphia the next building project in philadelphia called hope village, five homes will be built on the 500 block of turner street. Well action news at 5 00 continues next and we want to remind you to go to facebook and like the 6 abc facebook page, it will give you access to all the top stories as well as weather updates and the best and most current viral videos and you can communicate with members of Action News Team. Across america, people are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes. With noninsulin victoza. For a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar but it didnt get me to my goal. So i asked my doctor about victoza. He said victoza works differently than pills and comes in a pen. Victoza is proven to lower blood sugar and a1c. Its taken once a day, any time. And the needle is thin. Victoza is not for weight loss but it may help you lose some weight. Victoza is an injectable prescription medicine that may improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. It is not recommended as the first medication to treat diabetes and should not be used in people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. Victoza has not been studied with mealtime insulin. Victoza is not insulin. Do not take victoza if you have a personal or Family History of medullary Thyroid Cancer multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if you are allergic to victoza or any of its ingredients. Symptoms of a serious allergic reaction may include swelling of face lips, tongue or throat fainting or dizziness, very rapid heartbeat problems breathing or swallowing, severe rash or itching. Tell your doctor if you get a lump or swelling in your neck. Serious side effects may happen in people who take victoza including inflammation of the pancreas pancreatitis which may be fatal. Stop taking victoza and call your doctor right away if you have signs of pancreatitis, such as severe pain that will not go away in your abdomen or from your abdomen to your back with or without vomiting. Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take and if you have any medical conditions. Taking victoza with a sulfonylurea or insulin may cause low blood sugar. The most common side effects are nausea, diarrhea, and headache. Some side effects can lead to dehydration, which may cause kidney problems. If your pill isnt giving you the control you need. Ask your doctor about noninsulin victoza. Its covered by most health plans. Eye key yo is offering wall anchors for chests and tables after two tip over accidents that killed two toddlers. Its been more than a year of 2yearold colin of westchester he died after a six door chest tipped over and pinned him against his bed. For more on the recall and how you can get a free wall anchoring kit, log on to 6abc. Com. Wawa is the number one Convenience Store for consumers wawa is headquartered in media and was ranked number one. 7,000 people were asked to rank their latest experience at a gas station or Convenience Store and they earned the highest score of 6 and 7eleven game in last with 38 . And future engineers are gathering at Rowan University for a special camp or workshop special because its only for girls, for awe, it stands for attracting women for engineering and for the next two days they will learn the basics of engineering like building bottle rockets and burning bridges, the campers will ultimately pursue it for engineering. The Special Olympics got a big donation for summer campers, the action cam was there for the annual field Day Celebration at Chester Academy schools for kids that spend all of july raising money for the Special Olympics, today they got to enjoy their hard work and hand over a check. Iran keeps their nuclear facilities. Military sites can go uninspected. Restrictions end after 10 years. Then iran could build a Nuclear Weapon in two months. Iran has violated 20 International Agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. Time now for accuweather, lets check in with cecily tynan he is enjoying this weather, set cecily was dancing a minute ago. They dont need to see my dancing, its called the elaine. Sky 6 hd looking at the center city skyline, they are bright white cumulous clouds and contain little moisture. Rick is dancing now. Rick got some exercise today now its good to report. Right now temperatures tell the story instead of the 90s like the past three days, we are in the mid even low 80s and philadelphia 83 degrees and allentown 80 and reading 82 and wilmington 82 and millville 83 and with the wind generally out of the west its a lan breeze and not a sea breeze, and Sea Isle City is 83 degrees and along the boardwalk 82. Cooler with the breeze and the wind is 15 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia and allentown 15 and Sea Isle City, the wind at 10 Miles Per Hour, with the wind out of the northwest that is off a lot of land, that is a dry flow of air and that is creating dew points generally in the 5 00 very low and very comfortable, and that weather is sticking around. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing broad High Pressures over the ohio valley and this will ever so slowly work to the east and south as we head to the weekend. What the High Pressure will do is give us three very comfortable day a nice night to turn off the air conditioning and open the windows 61 in toms river and allentown 56 degrees, very comfortable. It is Hurricane Season and it began on june 1st and looking at the gulf of mexico, no organized activity in the caribbean right now we have some thunderstorms flaring up and no chance of tropical developments it stays very quiet and we have only had three named stores anna bill and claudette and the next two danny and erica but we are in an el nino year and typically we dont see a lot of trop storms and hurricanes. 86 in philadelphia and 81 in cape may and 83 in reading and 84 in wilmington with low humidity, the fiveday at 5 00 shows a carbon copy of today. Tomorrow 86 degrees and loads of sunshine and the same on friday 87 and saturday we warm up a bit but the humidity is still in check, 88 degrees and on sunday and monday the luck runs out and its move humid a high near 90 with thunderstorms and more thunderstorms possible on monday and behind the system heat and humidity. And well talk about that in the full accuweather forecast. Tonight is a great night for dancing, thank you you cecily. More to come in our next half hour of action news at 5 00. Authorities hope that new Surveillance Video will help them crack a shooting on 4th of july. And new steps to keep Public Places safer well show you how. And if you are heading to philadelphia for the world meetings of families and the popes visit. There is an app to help you get the most out of your trip. Im done for the woke. Action news continues with meteorologist, Adam Joseph Jaime apody Rick Williams and monica malpass. Hello again monica is off and Sharrie Williams is joining us tonight and here is what is happening on action news. The philadelphia region is not the only one preparing for pope francis franciss visit. New jersey is getting plans in place. And two sexual predators are behind bars accused of targeting children in our area, and dozens of firefighters remain on the scene of a massive warehouse fire in north jersey. Now the details, communities in new jersey are gearing up for an influx of visit arers during Pope Franciss visit and they are still working out the logistics of how to pull it off without a hitch. John rawlins has the story. Know it will be busy, i would love to see him actually. Bob keys of lyndonwald is talking about seeing pope francis in philadelphia. How would he get there . I think it would be easy, i can go over the speed line. The patco speed line is one way to get down town during the papal weekend. We have the capacity to move each day approximately 100 people in total 10,000 people per hour. The ben franklin bridge is open for walkers, could they drive their car and park on the camden side that seems unlikely those spaces may be reserved for 1100 charter buses and as for driving over the ben franklin that is up in the air and they are talking about closing the bridge to cars. There is certainly a possibility and most of it is concontinuegent on what roads are open. We are waiting to see what the plans are. The plans are the secret Service Security that could cause closures on the new jersey side. When are you dealing with a head of state the pope himself, the secret service has the final determination, questions remain on road closures and bridges and parking spaces, the hope is there will be answers soon but nobody could say when that will be. John rawlins channel 6 action news. The world meeting of familys unveiling a new tool to help visitors navigate the popes visit and they introduced the free mobile app at the Kimmel Center and will provide information about the cultural institutions and Family Friendly events taking place on its 17th to the 29th you can download it free on apple and android devices. Remember you can get the latest on the popes upcoming visit by following us on twitter at 6 abc pope, and posting the latest tips and pictures as we prepare for his arrival. We have breaking news now, chopper 6 hd live is over it. We are learning that this is a fire that has broken out at a home, breaking out at about 5 00 in Burlington County, this is the scene where the fire broke out in the unit block of landsbury drive smoke is coming from the rear of the home and firefighters are with their gear and ladders. One person is being treated for smoke inhalation. We are not sure of the extent of the injuries, but chopper 6 hd live over the scene in Burlington County where the fire has broken out of a two story home, and the fire is visible there at the top of the roof. Well bring you updates as we get them. A handyman accused of killing an elderly woman inside of her east mt. Airy home is going to trial a judge found there was enough evidence to move forward against 40yearold leroy wilson that he murdered Regina Holmes last month. They believe that holmes caught wilson stealing from her and that is when he became violence he is facing charges of murder and robbery. And Police ReleasedSurveillance Video of two suspects wanted for a double shooting in southwest philadelphia, it happened along the 3500 block on july 4th at 1 30 in the morning the suspects walked up to two men standing by their car and pulled out handguns and opened fire according to police the 29yearold and 32yearold victims were critically injured and anyone that recognized either suspect should cant police and we have posted the video on our website so you can take a closer look. Two men are in a Delaware County jail accused of traveling to our area to try to have sex with underage children fisher is from elkton, maryland, he solicited who he thought was a 12yearold boy and turned out to be an undercover office, he travelled to meet up with the teen and was arrested. George smith is from barberton ohio he made the victim believe he was a College Student and had every intention of meeting up with her. He admits to us he is solicit this 13yearold knowing she is a 13yearold, and she disclosed to him she is a 13yearold and goes on to encourage her. Authorities when on to say that smith and fisher got potential information from their victims, and that parents need to be more vigilant who their children are talking to. And this woman ashley brittle posed as a prostitute to steal money from potential clientses, they required payment in advance in bordentown township and she gave the wrong address to get away from the money and investigators believe she gave out real addresses of innocent people. Is it took more than 17 hours and firefighters are getting a handle on a warehouse fire burning in northern new jersey and it is burning at a warehouse in Middlesex County more than 100 pieces of firefighting equipment row remains on the scene. Reporter with join walls of flames spreading quickly this fire wasted no time chewing through this warehouse. Effected eight different companies. Things are blowing up and there are batteries on forklifts and they are all exploding at different times. North brunswick firefighters responded to a call of an alarm but the Sprinkler System was not able to contain the fire, additional firefighters were called in to contain the fire. Stores inside of the warehouse was a myriad of Home Furnishing products most of it it combustible stuff and it gives off smoke. One is a Plastics Manufacturing Company creating another concern, the chemicals associated with the fire, a plastic fire, mostly out of harms way large clouds of smoke was drifting into a nearby apartment complex, and they took advantage of an evacuation effort placing them in a nearby scol School Everything was ablaze. We saw everybody outside, fire trucks we knew where the fire was at and i thought it was somebodys house. Residents at our middle school, that are being stationed there. And because of large amount of water, fire officials were concerned about its impact on the community. We did not jeopardize the system completely and our residents did not have water and we started the tanker shuttle from the lake nearby. Through it all one firefighter suffered a minor injury and until they knock this fire down they wont be able to determine the cause. All right back here, matt pellman with an update on the commute home on a wednesday night night. Reporter back here with backups rick and sharrie people are trying to leave the phils game and two to the shania twain concert. They are coming and going on 95 the delay extended the whole way up into the northeast that earlier broken down truck in the girard avenue but at least now it is out of there. Westbound schuylkill has speeds like 12 and 13 Miles Per Hour coming out of south philadelphia. Better news in buck county still a backup along route 1 but the crash at business one is gone. Things are recovering there. And a crash at horsham road and one along york road and a downed pole along turnersville road, that too is a good spot to avoid. Thank you again matt. Still to come on action news tonight, we are getting our first look at the dashcam video arrest of sandra bland in texas. Youll hear the interaction between her and the officer. Jaime apody has the exciting highlights of last nights phillies game. And perfect weather for a baseball game today or anything outdoor outdoors, ill let you know how long the warm temperatures stick around in the accuweather forecast. Those stories and more when action news continues in just a moment. More controversy is browing over the case of a woman found dead in a jail cell in tex. Dashcam video shows the moments leading up to blands arrest. It seems to be a routine traffic stop that escalates no a confrontation. Im going to light you up get out now get out of car for failing to signal. The trooper wrote that blan tried to kick him but cell phone arrest tells a different story that video was made available after they were accused of releasing an edited version. Meantime blands body is back in her familys possession and they are ordering an independent autopsy because they do not believe she committed suicide. Turning to sports the phillies wrapped up their serieses with the rays, a great day to be at Citizens Bank park. Jaime apody is live with more. If only we get to start the season over in the second half, the phillies would be in first place instead of last. You got to love the way they are playing, despite the fact that they are 29 games under. 500. They are giving out souvenirs but have you to catch them. When its a bat its not easy. Game tied at 3 3 in the sixth and ben revere sends one through the legs and that gives them a 43 lead, Logan Forsyth tied it back up with a solo home run, it stays tied in the ninth two outs goahead run in the third look at this play bare handed for first. He is in there for franco a runner on second and herrera says game over. Phillies make it 54 and he is tackled by papelbon and he gets the win and they complete a 5 and 1 home stand. The phils are playing with energy and playing to win games at least it seems to me. Everyone on the bench is into it and guys are pulling for each other and that is the thing we are looking for the most right now. The only thing stands between the phillies and a perfect home stand is a home run by an opposing pitcher, and yesterday Citizens Bank park came alive again when aaron nola pitched. Only this one pitch a home run, he struck out six and his parents were loving it and even shows he could swing the stick. Imagine with what it was like for the 22yearold and mom and dad. Its pretty awesome to be out there and feel the energy of the fans out there and you know get to pitch at this level. It was Pretty Amazing and a good following. Teammates having fun with the rookie this cardboard sign in the dugout the ball he hit is for sale for 2000 a bargain if he ends up in the halloffame some day lets not get ahead of ourself. But world cup hero think carly lloyd was honored with a key to the recreation facility where she trained for years. It was a surprise, she was told she would be talking to campers about the world cup but instead hundreds welcomed her home and the indoor court was named in her honor. I am realizing the impact i have numerous emails and messages telling me im on inspiration, that is the most important thing and that is priceless. Finally how do you get ready for football season, make soft pretzels, nothing requires more concentration than twisting those things under pressure. I won know. They got fans excited for the upcoming year and plus scooping icecream is quoit the shoulder workout. That i would know. Sharrie back to you. Jaime thanks. Newcastle county is taking high tech steps to keep Public Places safer. They are developing an app that would connect private cameras to the Emergency Command Center it gives officials direct access to video so that they can see what is going on in real time. Tom gordon stresses this is not an attempt to be big brother so they can turn the app on and off. Its not to use everybodys cameras but a smart way to utilize technology in the year 2015. Gordon says live cameras gives a better per specspective and the app should roll out in the matter of weeks. , its the guy from last night. What . can i jump on your wifi . Yeah, you can try it. Hey i had a really good time last night. Yeah, me too. The only thing is that. The only thing is what . Whats the only thing . Oh my gosh hes married. Hes a kleptomaniac. Hes a pyromaniac. Hes a total maniac. Hey hey go back to your wife you sociopath leave slow internet behind. The 100 Fiber Optics Network is here. Get out of the past. Get fios. Now 79. 99 a month. Go online or call now. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v meteorologist, cecily tynan is here now with more on todays wonderful day. I ran today. Me too. You were so fast i never saw you. It was a small hill. Quite the runner. Stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have dry conditions out there just a gorgeous day and the action cam taking a look at the Fairmount Water Works and seeing blue skies and cumulous clouds and a little bit of a breeze winds 10 to 15 Miles Per Hour and that makes it feel good. On the beaches gorgeous weather, wind out of the west its a land breeze and ocean city 82 and avalon 82 and cape may 81 and surf city 83. 83 in millville and 84 in philadelphia down from the high of 85 2 degrees below normal and allentown 80 and wilmington 82 and the poconos a comfortableably scol 87 degrees, this tells the story though the past three days dew points were in the upper 60s and 70s but right now except for along the coast where you have the marine layer, there are dew points in the 50s. 48 degree dew point in the poconos and this sticks around for the next three days. We are getting a nice break from the heat and humidity. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing we are seeing nothing more than a few fair weather cumulous here and there thanks to High Pressure from the ohio valley that provides us a comfortable night a great night to turn off the air conditioning and open up the windows, 67 in center city but cooler suburbs, the Lehigh Valley dropping down to the mid50s to say great night for sleeping and well be sitting pretty until saturday this High Pressure is strong and moving at a snails pace, it copes the heat and humidity to the south and well have plenty of sunshine and low humidity and temperatures in the mid to upper 80s for late july it doesnt get much better than this. 69 the ocean temperature air temperature 82 degrees, the sea breeze kicking up late in the afternoon with loads of sunshine, dont forget the spf 50 sunscreen the exclusive accuweather forecast, this is a beautiful forecast lots of sunshine tomorrow with a high of 86 degrees, close today and low humidity, like this weather you got it again 87 degrees, on saturday it warms up a bit, 88 degrees and the humidity is still in check and a lot of sunshine and sunday this is when you begin to feel the difference in the air mass, it gets hotter with an afternoon high of 90 more humid with the possibility of afternoon thunderstorms, as the front gets closer we could see thunderstorms on monday with a high of 88 degrees, afternoon highs in the low 90s, the next three days low humidity with comfortably warm conditions with nice weather. Two heat waves this season. Its slightly below average, usually with have 15 days in the 90s and we have 13. Okay thank you. Right now jim gardner and the Action News Team standing by with these stories next at 6 00, a Philadelphia Police officer is saved by his bulletproof vest, the deadly shootout with a murder suspect. And the new video shows the suspect running after the explosion of an atm in hunting park last night. Action news at 6 00 is up next. Iran keeps their nuclear facilities. Military sites can go uninspected. Restrictions end after 10 years. Then iran could build a Nuclear Weapon in two months. Iran has violated 20 International Agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. A Police Officer is shot serving a warn on a murder suspect but turned out to be a violent shootout resulting in an officer being shot and the bullet lonl lodged in his vest. Vernon odom is live at police headquarters. David henry is live at the scene. Once again the vest saves the life of a Police Officer. The officer is doing fine and the suspect is dead and the residents of this apartment complex is unnerved after being jolted out of bed by the sound of gun fire this morning. Its ridiculous. You look outside of your window and there are kids its really a scary experience. The shootout happened at 6 00 this morning when a homicide detective kicked in the door of this second floor apartment they were looking for a murder suspect, 26yearold devon guisherd. The