An arrest tonight for the murder of an imam and his associate shot execution style tonight. Moments ago oscar morel of brooklyn walked out of the precinct in queens charged with Second Degree murder and criminal possession of a murder in connection to the shooting. New information on how cops pinned the murders on mr. Morel. What might be more interesting in this particular case is what hes not charged with. 35yearold oscar morel not charged with a hate crime, though police will not might have been for shooting and killing a popular imam and his friend. Reporter police found the handgun they believe was used to kill a popular imam and his friend. They prayed tonight after 55yearold Imam Maulama Akonjee and 64yearold thara uddin were gunned down in a cold blooded quiet neighborhood. The murder shows a man walking up from behind and firing. Now Police Believe they have the man and the gun he used. Were looking at him for both crimes, for the homicide and that. Reporter a few minutes afte
Hospital. A growing wildfire is forcing some residents out west to pack up and run forget were kicking up the heat a little bit more. Lets turn to karen rogers in for david and matt pelman. Yeah, thats right. Yesterdays lie was 85, today 89 so were warming things up. Not horribly humid though. Satellite6 and action radar slowing weve got clear skies over philadelphia. The farther south you go the better chance you have to see some clouds mixing in. We can see in it southern delaware. Thats because of thats disturbance thats down to our south but that says to the south. We stay dry. Weve got sunshine. Just a few more clouds the farther south you head. How about the temperatures right now . Its a warm one. 60 degrees in martins creek. 58 comfortable in quakertown and pottstown, 64 though he in coatesville, 66 in saint davids. Its 70 degrees right now waking up this morning in center city. How about the suburbs in new jersey . Low 60s in spots here like ewing and browns mills but 75 in su
Action news, delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. From the air, the force of the collision is quite clear. Two cars, both with heavy frontend damage and debris scattered along this street. This crash had a far worse outcome than what you see here. There was a 3yearold child in one of those cars, and tonight that child has died. It is monday night. Jim is off im brian taff. The big story is the fatal crash in kensington. The victim a little girl and the police say it may have been the result of recklessness. And Christie Ileto live, what have you learned about this . Brian, witnesses say that two cars were racing down Second Street when they crashed right here at this intersection into another vehicle. The force of the crash was so powerful that even though e. M. T. s no less than 100 meters away the 3yearold died of head injuries. The two cars hit this car and i walked down the street and i saw them lifting the baby out. He didnt realize he was hearing the final mome
Blame a fire bug for the wildfire that is burning down scores of homes out west. And around here its going to be worse than yesterday with the weather. David is off, karen is here along with matt pelman. Yeah, the temperature will be about the same, the trouble is the humidity is going to be even highehan yesterday so you really are feeling it. The National Weather service ends this excessive heat warning tonight at 8 oclock. Today is the last day of it but it is a long day of it. We not only have the heat warning but advisory for the surrounding area all until 8 oclock tonight. Lets look at those numbers. Already 77 in philadelphia, 74 reading, 76 in millville, 76 in in Atlantic City airport and the dewpoint a little bit above yesterday especially in philadelphia and areas south of the city. Were seeing 76 dewpoint in millville just feeling oppressively humid. Not quite as bad in the Lehigh Valley where youre in the upper 60s but that will change later this afternoon. Satellite6 and a
Uncomfortable and thats because of the dewpoints. They are well into the 70s throughout the entire area. So we have oppressive humidity not just today but the next five days were keeping that feeling of oppressive humidity. I want to show you this. Satellite6 and action radar showing the clouds that have moved in. Were starting off with cloudy skies. You see the rain thats up to the north and west. Weve got a weak disturbance moving through could trigger a shower or thunderstorm at any point. Not seeing a whole lot of anything at any point. By 8 00 a. M. 78 degrees watch for a quick shower in one or two spots. By 10 00 a. M. , its 81. By lunchtime 85 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. By 3 oclock 90. Thats your high but its going to feel like its about 97. By 6 oclock, 86 degrees. Weve got more opportunities for showers and storms after today. Well talk about that in that sevenday forecast coming up, matt. Were starting to feel less comfortable with the traffic situation, too, karen. Al