His weapon which turned out to be a modified nail gun. He was eventually arrested by police. I kept telling him to get on the ground. Finally he tried opening up car doors of people driving by he was trying to get away like help me he shot me hes trying to rob me. Everybody would take off on him. Was it a real gun . We couldnt tell that for sure. Thats one of the reasons why i did not want to, um, aim to kill on that first shot. Reporter that suspect is 66 years old. Police have not yet released his name. He is recovering from that wound to the leg. Police believe he was involved in another attempted Home Invasion around here earlier in the night. Live in northeast philadelphia, im vernon odom, channel6 action news. Monica. Thank you vernon. A camden woman is charged with giving a false alibi for a person of interin the, interest in the shooting of this eightyearold girl last month. Gabrielle carter was gunned down after being caught in the crossfire of a gang drug war. Police say someone hindered the investigation. Action News Reporter chad pradelli live at Camden County police with more on that. Chad. Reporter yeah, one person has been charged in this case but its not a murder charge and thats what police want and theyre asking for the publics help. Its been a bittersweet few weeks for Marisa Carter phillips and william phillips. They welcomed a new son but lost daughter gaby and her killer remains at large. I remember her always telling me he she was wanted family time. Im her coming and rubbing my belly and talking to the baby. And asking me how. I doing day. Police are looking for multiple shooters who opened fire on south eighth street around 8 30 p. M. On august 24th. Investigators say theyre part of a drug trade here in camden. Shakia land is now charged with hindering an investigation. She provided false information to us regarding an alibi. I feel like why, like i would ask her why, why would you do that . You know, this ooh find it very serious. Reporter investigators know the stop snitching culture is alive and well but when an innocent girl is killed it violates even the code of the streets. Chief Scott Thompson says this case hits home. He, too, has an eightyearold at tended gabys Funeral Service and seeing a coffin close on an eightyearold little girl is something that no person or parent should ever have to experience. Reporter gabys family has since moved out of the home they shared on eighth street. Its too painful to live there. Theyre pleading for people to come forward so gaby can have justice. Think about your kids or your nieces your nephew your daughters, your aunts, your cousins anybody them to you would want them you would wander somebody to speak um for them. Reporter for anyone who has information about this case, police want you to know this. There is a 76,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Im live in camden, chad pradelli channel6 action news. Thank you chad. A person on a bicycle suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car in Montgomery County. It happened at 6 40 this morning at moreland and dallas roads in up are moreland township. The driver tells police they never saw that cyclist until the collision. The victim suffered head and body injuries and a partial amputation of a thumb. Police are not releasing the names of those involved because no criminal charges are expected. Do we need speed cameras to stop deadly accidents on the roosevelt boulevard . Traditionally one of the most dangerous roads in the country. Police and some legislators say yes along with victims family but not everyone agrees. A, News Reporter gray hall reports tonight on the state Committee Hearing day. If you travel along roosevelt boulevard in northeast philadelphia, then you know how busy and how dangerous it can be. Over the past several years the stretch of roadway has claimed dozens of lives and seen thousands of accidents. Too many lives were lost. Too many lives. This is long overdue. Long, long overdue. Reporter there is now legislation in the works that would install speed cameras to the area. Many who travel and live along this chaotic section of highway welcome the news. It will give people the idea that they need to slow down. When you know are you being watched and youre accountable for your actions then youre going to be more careful. Reporter speed cameras would work similar to Technology Used in those red light cameras to catch violators there will be signs warning drivers about the cameras and tickets will be issued to those going at least 11 miles over the posted 45 Miles Per Hour speed limit. It should come as no surprise as to why this stretch of roadway has become singled out in this legislation. Since 2011 through september 13 of this year 57 people have died along this roadway and there have been approximately 18,638 vehicle crashes. Reporter tanya byrd lost several loved ones who were driving along roosevelt boulevard in 2013. Their bodies was so mangled and so broken up that we could not go to the morgue and see them. Reporter byrd testified at a public hearing held by the Pennsylvania Transportation Committee about why these speed cameras would be so beneficial. Violators will be hit with a 150 fine. However you can appeal the ticket and if you are worried about your privacy those recorded images will be deleted after a year. Reporting in northeast philadelphia gray hall channel6 action news. To the race for Pennsylvania Senate now. Democratic candidate Katie Mcginty he today called for stronger financial safeguards for consumers. Mcginty stood in front of a Wells Fargo Branch in center city accusing her opponent pat toomey of wanting to dismantle the consumer pro he text agency an agency he that caught Bank Employees opening sham accounts. Mcginty says toomey who once worked in the Banking Industry sides with banks over consumers. A toomey spokesperson says the senator wants strong tools to fight fraud and has fought to make wall street accountable. In Montgomery County they held a special ceremony to honor the sacrifices made by prisoners of war and those missing in action. The event at the Vietnam Veterans memorial outside the norristown courthouse marked pow mia day. 33 dedicated a chair donated by the disabled American Veterans and Vietnam Veterans of america. In trenton officials cut the ribbon today on Thomas Edison state universitys newest building on campus. Its more than 36,000 square feet and home to the school of nursing. It contains state of the art Nursing Simulation labs as well as lecture halls an student advising center. The building is called lynn karen hall. Its near route 29. Coming up on action news tonight the twist of fate that had a local letter carrier in the place at the right time to save the life of a coworker. Ducis rodgers goes head on head ahead of mondays matchup with chicago. 2 degrees above normal but im tracking more humid conditions arriving over the weekend along with a chance of much needed rain. Ill have detail in the accuweather forecast. And a local pumpkin crop will be a bit sparse this fall. Well tell you why when action news continues tonight. Sad news. Second child has died as a result of this three vehicle crash in Northampton County early this week. Twoyearold Brielle Robinson died today at Lehigh Valley hospital. Fiveyearold Raven Robinson was also killed in that crash wednesday morning on i78 in lower saucon township. Four others were injured. Police say the driver of a fleas san lost control hit a guardrail and then was hit by two oncoming cars. Police say they found open containers of alcohol in the nissan. Sugar house casino he is the newest player in new jerseys internet gambling market. Rush street interactive a unit of the company that owns the philadelphia casino won approval from new jersey casino regulators. They will become the states 20th legal Online Gambling site. Players must physically be within new jerseys borders when they gamble online. For the first eight months of this year new jerseys internet gambling revenue is up more than 32 percent to 128 million. We want to share an amazing story with you about a philadelphia postal carrier whose quick actions saved the life of his coworker. On july 25th gary booze was getting ready to start deliveries for the day when Lynette Wilmer passed out. Turns out she was having a massive heart attack but no one knew it. Employees called 911 and the dispatcher urged them to find someone who knew cpr. At that very moment gary showed up. All the doctors praised him. He was so good. He was better than we could have done. Im grateful gary. Im grateful. Im grateful. I know without gary i wouldnt be here. Isnt that incredible. Gary was not even supposed to be in the building at that time. He had come in two hours early because the dnc was in town that day and he wanted to get his mail delivered on time. Very nice. A first of its kind event is being held in philadelphia to help families affected by autism. Terry matthews and lee woodill parents of a son with autism are cohosting a Conference Tomorrow called its only me quote. The conference brings together families who are dealing with autistic children. Tomorrows conference is cohosted by the nfl players association. It will be held at the hilton hotel on city avenue. Pumpkin picking season it wont be quite as good this year in our area because of the hot july weather. Farmers are telling folks to get out there sooner rather than later if you want a choice of pumpkins without paying a premium. Action News Reporter john rawlins has more tonight from linville in a orchard in Delaware County. Reporter the current dry weather stressing trees and lawns also responsible for lighter less heavy pumpkins this year. But a bigger issue for pumpkin growers like linvilla orchard in Delaware County the very hot days of july. Its then when pumpkin flowers must be pollinated so vines will bear this familiar fruit in the fall. July there was that big spell where there was seven days with 102, 110 heat index and it just they he did not set fruit then. Reporter that is important and why despite irrigation this field is yielding about half the expected number of pumpkins this year. With its big Retail Operation linvilla manager norm schultz buys if other farms but this years weather has hit them as well. A drought cut yields in new england by 70 percent and in southern delaware a supplier had another problem. Too much rain. His pumpkins rotted. Hes not going to harvest anything off of 60 acres. Reporter fortunately for those who dream of jack o lanterns there are other places where Mother Nature has been kinder and gentler. We will have pumpkins here at linvilla. I have sources throughout the entire United States. Weve gotten them as far as texas and the United States and we have a lot of farms we can buy from in canada. Reporter because of all this the wholesale cost of pumpkins is edging up but schultz says they think they can hold the line on the retail side of things. Soon this place will be jammed with people who in the end will buy several hundred thousand pounds of pumpkins. In Delaware County, john rawlins channel6 action news. 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Those are sacrifices . Jeff is here with sports. Carson wentz is keeping his head on straight for the most part. Absolutely. Hes done everything right so far preparing on short notice, getting a mention from obama. Right. And hes still focused. And maybe today the light is going off power going on at the novacare complex today players excused early. Hopefully wentz can bounce back from that. Talk about rare company. If carson wentz can beat the bears monday night in chicago the eagles quarterback will be fifth rookie he qb to start a season two and o in nearly 50 years. After an opener wentz named nfl rookie of the week today. He passed for a record 278 yards and two touchdowns against the browns sunday. Now hes back for more against the bears feeling confident about his game. Ducis rodgers throws a few questions to the eagles qb. What did sundays season opening win do for you in terms of confidence. I think for me for this whole team the Coaching Staff i think just opening up like that the way we did going out and getting the w i know for myself it helped my confidence tremendously especially early in the game getting that score right away just helped me get out there get comfortable and we were just full speed ahead from there. Youre very calm and cool on the field even in practice and doing interviews. To what do you attribute that. I think a lot of is just my faith. I think im very grounded. Also my up bringing. Parents raising and kind of the north dakota roots coming out there. Monday night football i imagine as a kid you watched it. What do you think it will be like monday night on the road in chicago. It will be an awesome atmosphere. Were expecting its a prime time game. As a kid i grew up watching monday night football. Real excited to turn it on so im going to be playing in it its pretty cool but at the end of the day its still just a ball game and we got to win it. If president barack obama didnt bring enough attention to wentz when he gave him a shout outthe rest of the world can see what its all about. Monday night theres a pregame slow on phl17 followed by the game. College football temple and penn state tomorrow. Can you wait . The owls are trying to win back to back games against the Nittany Lions for the first time in 84 years. Before kickoff penn state will honor the late joe paterno. Its the 50th anniversary of his first game. As temple tries to win their first game in happy valley after beating them last year at the linc quarterback Philip Walker tells jaime apody hes ready to do it up there. What is it like there. We went up there my sophomore year. A lot of energy in the building. We got to prepare for their practice. Were talking temple football tomorrow morning on temple football playbook at 9 45 in the morning on 6abc. Well go oneonone with head coach matt rhule. Next up for the phillies ryan howards farewell tour. Howard is expected to see most of the playing time over the final two weeks of this season including tonight against miami. The phils are expected to buy him out at seasons end. Fired up for high school football. Olney is jacked up. This will curb their enthusiasm. Lincolns August Augustine star cornerback and safety scores for a sevennothing lead. Olney comes back to win 3024. Much more tonight on High School Huddle after action news at 11 00. The game of the week lasalle and archbishop. Carol and monica i would like for you to throw me the football tonight. Cecily arm i think its getting a little tired. Sheesh got sore. The,. More fresh Healthy Foods will make its way to the menu for Saint Christopher hospital. They signed the good foods healthy commission. Doesnt that look delicious. Officials signed the pledge in honor of National Childhood obesity awareness month. Cecily is here with accuweather. How is the weekend shaping up. Beautiful start to the weekend. By the end much needed rain on the way and thank goodness. We desperately need it. Storm tracker6 live double scan showing tonight though things are dry. No rain at all and actually not much cloud cover either. The action cam in bordentown new jersey. Blue skies over the delaware. Not a lot of folks out on the water but it was a pretty nice day to do so with all the sunshine and temperatures very comfortable about 80 degrees for the high. Tonight with the clear skies should be a great night to take a look at the full harvest moon named for that because its the full moon closest to the start of fall. The moon rise at 7 15, seven minute after the sun sets. So we have a clear start to the weekend but as we head into sunday night and monday, fortunately were looking at some rain on the way. If the models hold true knock on wood looks like we could get a pretty decent amount of moisture as much as an inch of rain in parts of our western suburbs as that front moves through most of the cold fronts that have been moving through this summer have been moisture stabbed so we really need the rain. Right now 75 degrees in philadelphia. Nice friday night. Allentown