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philadelphia. it s left a mess for people who live here. live look along van kirk street where it happened before noon time. you see the equipment. sky force overhead after the line broke. you can see water all over the place. 70 homes without water. the water department s a frequent visitor in recent weeks. two weeks ago, out to fix water main further up in the beginning of the block. there was a leak here that they had to fix. they ve been out two or three different times in the last month. water department hopes to have everyone back online some time tone but it s not clear when the road might reopen. philadelphia police still don t know who shot whom this morning in a house on mershown. they weren t sure if they were sheeting at each other or a murder/suici murder/suicide. it didn t sound like a gunshot. but i heard a pop, yell, i have my window open, sounded like out back, but it was in the house. two young children in the house were not harmed. 20 minu ....
and they know what goes on in that area and there are a lot of transgender individuals that actually frequent that area right there so yes, they did know. reporter: city hall director of lgbt affairs says state laws may not be charge enougnot be enoughto charge a h. she s a person. what does it matter what her id card says. it doesn t matter. it does not make her lifeless. reporter: tonight police confirm redding what you arrested several years ago for an alleged robbery against another t.s.a. gender individual but the charges were dropped when that victim failed to appear for court. live live at police headquarters in center city, i m vernon odom, channel6 action news. thanks v we ve got developing news out of montgomery county this afternoon. where officials are on the scene of a gas leak at montgomery county community college. this is video just into our news room from chopper 6hd over the scene. officials say workers struck an underground gas line just bef ....
to generate cash in this town. that s why police say she was targeted not necessarily because she was transgender. police say redding was that charged in 2013 with robbing another transgender prostitute but the charges were dropped when the victim did not show up for court. closely monitoring this case and today s developments city hall s director of lgbt affairs. we have to work as a society. we have to stand up with and stand up for our transgender individuals in our country. this is happening coast to coast. this type of violence is not acceptable. reporter: jim, police say tip calls led to yesterday morning s arrest of pedro red redding. live at police headquarters in center city, i m vernon odom, channel6 action news. thank you vernon. the driver of a motorcycle is dead after a collision with a farm tractor in delaware. police say the bike struck the tractor in the 600 block of taylor s bridge road in townsend at 3:20 this afternoon. the biker died at t ....
on the driver s side door or passenger or he made it halfway through the street and the mirror could have the passenger side mirror could have clipped the pedestrian. reporter: melton suffered a broken arm is that hospitalized in stable condition. police say he was wearing all black clothing at the time of the accident. yes, you got to watch it. reporter: ethel lives across from where melton was hit and says people cross that median in traffic all the time. if there s a lot of traffic i just stand there until it dies down. it could rain. it could be snow. i m going to stay. people like to hop that and try to get between the cars and you can t do that. reporter: police are urging anyone who may have seen the crash and the driver to come forward quickly. possibility they might not even known they hit a person and with the dark clothing and so forth. we just want to get the full story of this and get this squared away. reporter: now as you can see there a ....
on excessive force. and as you know tensions are high all across the country. tonight, nbc 10 s south jersey bureau reporter cydney long gives us an exclusive look at how technology helps police make the best judgment call. and we want to warn you some of the material you re about to see is graphic. reporter: one-on-one with the bad guys. so we got into a police shooting simulator with the good guys. this is as real as it gets without actually taking all the rounds. two active shooters inside a dark movie theater, one holding a hostage and people are hurt. the $300,000 giant cage-like virtual xbox is run by the u.s. marshals in lawrenceville, new jersey. it s one of only four. and since february 65 of camden s 400 metro officers now have this added layer of training. critical serious situations. every decision you make what, three, four five seconds you get to think about it? it affects your life and not just your professional life. correct. we were ....