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nbc 10 breaking news. that breaking news, a new jersey police officer has been shot and killed. authorities say it happened while he was sitting in his own car. the officer died near a former movie theater off the garden state parkway in sayreville, middlesex county. matt delucia is here with the breaking details. our sister station nbc 4 in new york is getting information from law enforcement sources with firsthand knowledge of the investigation. here is what they are telling them. the sources say the officer was not on duty. he was in his personal car and may have been investigating a report of a suspicious person when he was ambushed. it is not known if the officer was able to fire back. video from above the scene and the car shows what appears to be a shattered front passenger window. so far there s no word on the officer s identity and the law enforcement sources are saying that he is a nine-year veteran of the force. the middlesex county prosecutor and the say ....
two elementary schools and a child s playground right across the street. it s very upsetting to our whole neighborhood. local folks say they learnd this was coming from the 88 hundred block of frankford. the owners of saints and sinners have not returned our phone calls or emails. they also operate this adult can club on emery street in port richmond, it sits right under i-95. the neighbors here are used to it. you don t even know they are there. there is no noise. the trash, there is none. they don t bother nobody, never have. you have no complaints? none at all, you don t know it s a sex club. it has trapeze you know they are swinging in there. they are saying the openers do not have the proper permits, necessary to open the club. sources tell me that city councilman bobby heenen is organizing to block the opening of saintses and sinners. just for clarification, the announced goals of this club are not in themselves illegal in the city of philadelphia. lni ....
reporter: mary beth rambler is on the board of christian thrift store and pantry where buttons was a regular and often stopped by for his favorite chicken nuggets. it s just a frail kind person and just no reason. couldn t think of anybody why anybody would do this to him. reporter: townspeople raised money to help pay for buttons funeral and now they re focusing on doubling the reward being offered for information about the murder to $5,000. someone scared in the past to come forward now. reporter: the gloucester county prosecutor s office says it s continuing the investigation into buttons murder. residents in this quiet idyllic community are still in shock. action is devastating. no one expected a murder in this town. everyone liked him. he was a mind can and he was like he was a community figure. reporter: now, there s a candlelight vigil at the murder scene later tonight and a service at a local church tomorrow as swedesboro residents come together ....
different. suffice to say, the investigation is ongoing. we ll have an update later on tonight on action news. for now live here in center city on walnut, i m dann cuellar channel6 action news. back to you guys. okay, dna, than dann thank y. to afghanistan where a u.s. official confirmed six americans troops were killed today in a suicide attack and the taliban has said they are responsible. this happened near the bagram air field. the troops were killed when an attacker rammed al motorcycle packed with explosives into the group as they patrolled a village near the air field. the attack comes just days after defense secretary ash carter stopped in bagram. abc news is still working to get more information on the troops killed in afghanistan, get the late of the coming up on world news tonight with david muir at 6:30. that s right after action news at 6:00. in other news tonight several local residents were monday those hospitalized after last night s deadly c ....
tensions in the middle east heat up again. this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i m tony harris. the american political map is a sea of read today as republicans celebrate victories from coast to coast. americans pick upsid up seats in the senate. some of those are in traditionalcally blue states. republicans swept government races scoring upsets in some democratic areas. this afternoon president obama held a news conference to react to the g.o.p. takeover of the u.s. senate. we re live from the white house. what did the president have to say about republican victories and working with the g.o.p. over the next two years? well, the president came in to the east room after that wipe out that the democrats suffered last night. they faced the music for one hour and 15 minutes. and answered questions. why oh why were democrats so unenthusiastic. why were all of the enthusiasm on the republican side? yes, he reached out to mitch mcconnell, the new senate ma ....