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WPVI Action News At 4pm June 22, 2024

Hes been locked up since for burglary. While police wait for dna results the veteran head of the homicide unit says he hopes the District Attorney will seek the Death Penalty for harris who killed his own father in 1982 and has committed multiple sexual assaults. That daughter did everything the right way. She was a very nice young lady. She graduated from under grad, went to grad school and was about make her mark in this life and to be killed in this fashion is very sad and very tragic. Reporter Harris Police tell me is right now in the homicide unit right now continuing to refuse to talk but the cops say hes been caught red handed through dna in this vicious 50th street murder. Live at Police Headquarters in center city, vernon odom, channel6 action news. Okay, vern, thank you. Meantime police in delaware say a woman found dead in a wilmington park was murdered and they say theyve caught the man who did it. Police found the body of 29yearold jamie murphy yesterday on a playground on south union street. Well they say they identified their suspect just hours later. They caught up with 34yearold gary perkins last night at tenth and king streets in wilmington. They say he was murphys boyfriend and had abused her in the past. Investigators arrested him without incident and charged him with murder. Today we know the name of the man who opened fire in a louisiana Movie Theater and were learning more about his criminal background and the lives he cut short. Abcs Marci Gonzalez has the latest from lafayette. Reporter we just heard from sheriff in alabama who says the accused killer was denied a gun permit because of his criminal history. And there is just utter disbelief here in this town that was recently named the happiest place in the country. The terror of last nights deadly shooting in this louisiana Movie Theater still replaying in survivors minds. Everyone was just running down the stairs freaking out climbing over chairs and people and everyone was screaming and there was it was awful. Reporter as police scoured the scene, still trying to figure out why a gunman stood up about 20 minutes into a screening of the movie train wreck and started firing a semi automatic handgun leaving two women dead and nine other people injured before turn, the gun on himself. Were trying to put every single piece of that together to try to find a motive. Reporter police calling the accused gunman 59yearold John Russell Houser a drifter way history of posting hateful antisemitic messages on the internet. Inside his motel room investigators finding disguises including glasses and wigs but no explanation for why two families are planning funerals. Macy bow dying at the scene and Jillian Jackson a 33yearold mother pronounced dead at the hospital. They had a vision, a future and it wasnt to die in this theater. Reporter other lives saved witnesses say by two brave teachers pictured here on facebook. One taking a bullet for the other. The second teacher was shot anyway in the leg had the presence of mind to pull that fire alarm. Reporter police were here within a minute of the first 911 call. If not for their Quick Response investigators believe houser who still had more bullets would have tried to escape. Marci gonzalez, abc news, lafayette, louisiana. And our coverage of the Movie Theater shooting continues online today. Weve got updates on the investigation, a gallery of images including pictures of the gunman and the victims and more details on that teacher who shielded her friend from a bullet. You can find it all on 6abc. Com. State police in delaware are looking for the man who robbed a bank at gun point this morning. It happened in fairfax at the wsfs branch on the 2000 block of concorde pike. Police say a man in his 20s walked in flashed a gun and then grabbed the cash. They didnt say how much he took but he ran off into a neighborhood behind the bank. Police searched near the Fairfax Apartments but did not find him. No one was injured. A tractortrailer flipped over on the new jersey turnpike today and it sent its load of lumber all over the roadway. Chopper six was over the northbound lanes near mile 52 in mansfield township, Burlington County. Thats where the accident happened about 9 30 this morning. You can see the lumber left a huge mess on the road. Two people inside the cab of the tractortrailer had to be cut out of the wreckage but they only suffered minor injuries. The outside lanes are still partially closed at this hour. Well, time now to get a check of the accuweather forecast. Lets do it. Lets get outside. Meteorologist adam joseph live on city avenue on another spectacular afternoon adam. Three times in a row weve had low humidity lots of sunshine and very comfortable temperatures. Lets take a look at the highs in philadelphia over the last three days. Wednesday 85 degrees, yesterday 83, today so far 85 degrees, below that average of 87 and you know it, you step out in the morning or even during the evening hours away from that sunshine it actually has a fall feeling to the atmosphere. As we look at satellite and radar, lots of sunshine this afternoon, a few of those puffy cumulus clouds around but not bothering anybody. In new england theyre still dealing with some afternoon showers. As you head on to the town, 87 upper 70s between nine and 10 oclock and with the low humidity it will be a great night to eat outdoors, if you can. Future tracker tomorrow afternoon, were going to heat things up, the highs going to the south so the winds start to turn out of a southerly direction so 88 in philadelphia, a little bit above normal, near 90 in washington and pittsburgh, 85 degrees, so given that its the weekend many of us will be out enjoying the beautiful weather tomorrow biking, walking maybe mowing the lawn. Just note that it will be a very high u. V. Index. The peak time 10 00 to 4 00 so lather on the sunscreen with that sunburn alert. Well talk about the heat and humidity making a return along with those storms. Ill have the timing in that accuweather forecast. If we must, adam. Check the forecast on 6abc. Com weather. Our live storm tracker6 radar imagery matches show whats happening at any given moment. Follow the Action News Weather Team on facebook and twitter for realtime updates. The people forced out of their homes by a fire in south jersey came back today to check out the damage. A fire marshal was on the scene today on Colonial Square drive in lindenwold but so far investigators have not said how last nights fire started. It broke out around 7 oclock and damaged four homes. Most of the people affected wont be able to get back in until the investigation is over. Action newss reporter Trish Hartman has been talking with the victims. Shell have a live report coming up at 5 oclock. Philadelphia police are looking for the man who tried to rob a Convenience Store in fishtown early this week. They gave a Surveillance Video of went many wednesdays crime at a quick stop on the 2500 block of frankford avenue. The suspect walked in with his hand wrapped in that a tshirt and pointed it at the clerk. It is unclear though if there was actually a gun there. He tried to take money from the register but didnt get anything so just ran away. No one was injured in this ordeal. From our delaware news room today police in dover trying to find the two men who robbed a 7eleven at gun point. They gave us this picture of the suspect from inside the store early yesterday morning. Police say the two men walked in just before 3 30 a. M. And flashed guns. They took money from the register, then took off in opposite directions. No one was hurt here. Police are asking anyone with any information on either of these cases to please call them. Well, time now for the action news traffic report on a friday. Friday, getting out of town. Matt pelman live in the action News Traffic Center see how quickly were getting to the beach and the mountains,. Were trying get out of town. Its going the take some time on this friday afternoon brian and sharrie. Not an easy ride home with a number of complications including double trouble here on 95 southbound. We had an accident in the southbound lanes here in the work zone at cottman. Thats just out of view and then a vehicle broke down just up ahead just got pushed off to the side. The southbound lanes are extra heavy as you come down from woodhaven. While were here that ramp from the northbound side of 95 at cottman thats going to close all weekend for construction. Were live in delco. This is the ramp from 95 to the blue route northbound and you can see a disabled vehicle. This one just pushed off to the side as well. So again the lanes are opened but the traffic in these lanes on most of these major highways this afternoon remains very congested. Had a situation most of the day here in oaks Montgomery County, it was an overturned truck that spilled a bunch of debris on the ramp from egypt road to the westbound lanes of 422. That ramp just reopened within the last five minutes. So traffic on egypt road now on 422 remains busy but you can see the ramp reopened. Check that one off the list. Overturned truck that spilled the lumber over the new jersey turnpike in Burlington County still out there blocking the outer drive northbound between exits six and seven. Little slowing through that neck of the woods. Lets do the commuter report on this friday afternoon. We still have construction going on in the delaware Memorial Bridge. What a treat for us. Speeds like four and 9 Miles Per Hour both ways at the dmb this afternoon. Well check it again brian and sharrie, in the next half hour. Not fun right. Nope. Walk faster than that. Matt, thanks very much. Still ahead a major automaker is fined after hackers proved they can use the internet to run those cars off the road. Plus, a new investigation connected to that deadly Train Derailment that happened in Port Richmond but this one has nothing to do with amtrak. Why the federal government is now looking into acquisitions against several airlines. A great story here. A local group is invited to play a concert during the world meeting of families. Well explain why this is so significant and give you a preview performance. Oh my gosh, 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 chrysler recalling about 1. 4 million cars and trucks in america after two hackers took control of a jeep over the internet. The recall affects all vehicles with eight and a half inch touch screen made between 2013 and 2015. Two hackers proved they could interfere with the brakes, shut down the engine or even drive the cars off the road. They broke in through a flaw in chryslers uh connect system that hooks the vehicle into the sprint network. The company says it will update software to protect the vehicles from being remotely controlled. The federal government has opened a price gouging investigation into five airlines to see if they raise the air fares in the wake of the deadly amtrak crash in Port Richmond. The crash disrupted Train Service throughout the northeast. Now the tsa is looking into whether delta American United southwest and jetblue hiked their prices to take advantage. The t. S. A. Wants to know what the airlines were charging before and after the crash at airports from washington through new england. That includes Philadelphia International airport. There is a new push today for a federal investigation into Hillary Clintons emails from her time as secretary of state. Clinton used a private email account and server while she held that job. Now two inspector generals have asked the department of justice to look into whether clinton miss handled secret or sensitive information. The state department is looking over 55,000 pages of clintons emails. Its made 3,000 of them public so far and is expected to release more next week. Clinton and her president ial campaign have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. Well, the rumors of a mega insurance merger are true. Today finally confirmed it has a deal to buy cigna. The deal is worth about 54 billion. Anthem runs blue cross and blue shield as well as ameri group. That gives them 17 percent of the u. S. Population. The deal still needs to be approved though by regulators. Its expected to close in the second half of next year. Heres a look at todays numbers. Closing out today on the stocks looks like all red arrows acrosstheboard. The dow down about 163 points, nasdaq also down 57. 78 and the s p 500 down 22. 5. The big winner on wall street today was amazon. A surprisingly strong Earnings Report sent amazon stocks surging making it the most valuable retailer in the world. Walmart previously held that title. Well the big jump came after amazon announced it made 92 million just last quarter. Last year it actually lost 126 million and analysts were expecting another big loss. Meantime though, amazon is now worth about 260 billion. Well, as you know we are countering down to the popes visit to philadelphia in september now just 63 days and change away. Today numbers of a members avenue local choir got incredible news. Theyre going to play a big role in the world meeting of families. Action news was there to see the announcement firsthand. You all have been invited to play at the World Congress of families for the pope. applause . Yes. That is the moment that joy bells of mel mark heard they would be getting the chance of a lifetime performing for pope francis in person this september. This hand bell choir is entirely made up with adults with disabilities. Formed back in the 70s the group prides itself on being much more than a music class. Theyre performers and have made appearances at the white house, the Kimmel Center for the performing arts a governors inauguration and numerous schools and churches. It focuses on their ability rather than their limitations. For sue graves she says the pure joy can be seen on their faces. It gives our guys an opportunity to shine and every time they perform its like its the first time for them. They look at me and say we did it. And that is my reward. And when we asked the choir members if they were excited about playing for the pope, well this pretty much said it all. Were excited that were going to perform for him. Cool that we get to play for the pope cause i see him on tv all the time. I think it would be great awesome and stupendous. How cool is that . By the way, they dont read music they read their instructors hands and they play that incredible music. The joy bells will perform on sunday september 27th. Thats the day of the papal mass in the parkway and if you would like more information on this choir and the Organization Behind it weve put a link to it on our web site 6abc. Com. We look forward to seeing and hearing their music during this historic visit. Sharrie. Yeah, absolutely. Great honor. Okay, brian. Well, its that time of year, the Gloucester County 4h fare in new jersey peach festival are under way this weekend. Theres a petting zoo animal shows, a craft fair and of course a lot of peach products for sale. All proceeds from the fair benefit 4h children throughout the year. The fun runs through sunday at the Gloucester County fairgrounds on Bridgeton Pike in mullica hill. Admission is free but there is a 10 parking donation per car. The weather is just peachy today. Thats a good one. You knew i was going to say that. Youre right about it though. Im a dork. Im sorry about that. All right adam take it away. And i can confirm youre a dork not just by what you say. Thank you. Im just kidding. As we take a look at sky6 live right now in cape may new jersey you can see some folks there strolling off the sand maybe heading in for no, its not 5 oclock yet. Were almost there. For the happy hour bell but as you can see some of those flags blowing inland meaning theres that sea breeze that is taking over so refreshing down the shore with that sunshine. 81 right now Sea Isle City and the boardwalk, beach haven 80 degrees and you can see where that sea breeze front is setting up. Where those arrows meet almost old always into southern gloucester and Camden County so that wind is pretty strong heading inland. Millville on the verge of switching that end direction at 85. Philadelphia 85, Lehigh Valley normal wind feeling pretty good around 82. July to date were 24 days into the month. Its very warm month so far almost a degree above normal and only five days weve had temperatures in the 90s. Thats a little bit below the normal. We usually typically have eight days of 90 and above. Its been a dry month. Most of our rain came late in the beginning of the month and also about the middle part of the month 2. 18inches so far. Its been about a week and a half since weve seen our last significant rainfall and were running about an inch below normal. As we take a look at the dewpoints right now, it is really incredible that were in the 40s for philadelphi

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