24th and market and police tried to pull him over and instead of stopping he led them on a wild chase. On philadelphia parkway. Its officers attempted to stop him and the suspect would not stop and crashed in the area of philadelphia pike and washington street extension and the suspect fled the vehicle and fled on food. And suspects chased the suspect and atemmed to apprehend them and a confrontation ensues resulting in the shooting of the suspect. Pow pow. You dont put it together until you see everything out here. We dont know if the suspect was armed and people were taken to the hospital for val yags. The vehicle was towed away but its sanktive scene and a portion of that road is blocked off and we are monitoring the situation throughout the evening. Thank you. New here at 5 00 Philadelphia Police want your help tracking down the man that attacks an 81yearold woman in broad daylight trying to take her purse. Sara bloomquist is live at northwest detectives this evening. You have the latest on the search for the suspect . Reporter brian, that is right. Philadelphia police are telling us that the 81yearold victim did put up a fight. She was target bid a much younger man that stalked her for a short time, punched her in the face and got away with some of her most treasured belongings. The new septa photos show the suspect traveling aaround the city on Public Transportation on a bus, concourse, going through a turn style. Police believe he is the man that targeted and attacked an 81yearold woman on march 20th. If he can do this to an owlyearold woman he is capable of doing this to anyone. It was the second of two buses she had taken to pick up money orders for her church and a car pulled up alongside here. The male exited the rear passenger side and immediately approached her and grabbed her handbag, they struggled and the strap broke and the man ran back and the driver ordered him to return to the victim. He punches her one time in the face and he is able to get the bag with cash, bank cards and the money orders that she had taken two buss to get and a prayer booklet. And the suspect first noticed the victim on the bus and followed her off and summoned a friend with a car to follow the victim and then escape. Police need help identifying him before another elderly victim becomes a target. This is an incident where he physically struck an 81yearold woman doing work for a church. We are asking for the publics assistance in identifying this male. Did speak with the victim off camera and she says she is doing okay. She wasnt physically harmed too badly. She was most upset about losing their prayer booklet and items for and from her church. Live in the logan section, im sara bloomquist, channel 6 action news. The search is on for three men that brutally beat a 25yearold as he left a restaurant over the weekend. It happened saturday near the could have beener of b and tioga in the citys kensington section. Watch this video it shows the vicious attack where the suspect repeatedly punched and kicked the vehicle tem even when he is down. Anything with information is asked to call contact police. And the nfl draft is one week away and crews are working on the socalled draft experience for the fans expected to pack the parkway and another road closure, the inner lanes were shut down and the street closure is not the only one. More are coming. John rawlins is live on eakins oval with the latest from the art museum. Hi guys, ill tell you despite the closing of the center lanes and traffic is rolling along, and more closures the entire parkway come next week, all of this to make room for the nfl draft. You see behind me its quite an under taking. We custom build it based on the space. The nfls Eric Finkelstein talking about the theater. We want them to be prominently featured. Come draft day they will not run up rocky style but come down. He may run out but these guys are coming down to start their nfl careers. While the theater will be the epicenter for the prospects, outside there are 25 football fields worth of fan events and already a halloffame time museum is taking shape. There will be ways to test your grid iron skills. Well set up a large video screen and a 40 yard dash. And on the video screen will be an actual player, nfl player that will run the 40 and you get to run against them and see how slow you truly are. And less humbling experience as well. Take a photo with a player or with the lombardi trophy. Based on the map youll be right in this area right over here. So its going to be prominently featured. Good to know. Nfl not saying how much awful this is costing but a small army of workers are at it for sometime here. The expectation is theyll have more than 200,000 visitors during the three day event. John rawlins, channel 6 action news. New jersey law makers joined forced in newark to express their frustration over transportation funding. They say the shut down of amtrak trains is unacceptable and even want President Trump to step in. I am beyond the point of frustration, the new administration has to come to the table with a commitment not just for a new jersey problem or a regional problem but an american problem. Just last month an amtrak train partially derailed at a station cory booker says that the region is on the brink of a traffic armageddon. And sky 6 hd giving a live look at the skyline this evening. And its a relatively dry day but could see the run of rain tomorrow. Cecily tynan is live with the accuweather forecast. Hi brian, a cloudy and cool afternoon. Temperatures right now 59 degrees if philadelphia and we have got a wind off the ocean out of the southeast but if you look out to the west there is warmth building. Pittsburgh currently 72 degrees and well tap into some of that warmth for the next few days and it will come at a price. Some unsettled weather as well. Satellite and radar showing the clouds building quickly after morning sun and there is a front draped up to the north and it wont get much farther down to the south but could touch off a sprinkle or two and then tomorrow it lifts north as a warm front and that pulls in the warm air. So tonight plenty of clouds with the cloud cover temperatures very slow to cool off. Practically steady through the evening hours. By 9 0058 and 11 00, 57 degrees and dropping to the low of 53 degrees, not that cool tomorrow could see a few showers in the morning before sunshine is back by the afternoon. And im tracking those the potential for a lot of rain on sunday. Well have details on that and the timing of more rain on friday coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Thank you. Time now for a check of the action news traffic report. Matt pellman is standing by in the Traffic Center with an update. Not a lot of sun glare but plenty of slowing no shortage of that brian and monica along the schuylkill expressway. The eastbound brake lights lighting up approaching spring far den street and there is the mlk drive closing tonight again for construction. Right now you may see extra slowing on the inbound mlk by the art museum because as of 6 15 inner drives of the ben franklin are now closed. This is the outbound scene, they are closed for almost two weeks. A new crash along cheltenham avenue at ogontz avenue by the chilis and the closure of a chunk of philadelphia pike at Saint Helena Church. 495 is an alternate. Well check it again in the f t next after hour. A political showdown in georgia. The candidates that go head to head in the first congressional race there since donald trump took office. And a new report on air pollution and the results for Outdoor Activities on the minds of folks when the weather gets better. Hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® its starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. Popular cable news Host Bill Oreilly is out at the Fox News Channel according to the Parent Company today. He is under fire after reports that 15 women were paid to settle Sexual Harassment complaints and several Companies Pulled Ads because of that. He was with fox since october of 1996. And congressman from utah is the chairman of the House Oversight committee and known for leading the investigations into planned parenthood and Hillary Clintons emails, he also clarified that he will not run for any Office Next Year but there is speculation that he may one day be a candidate for senate or perhaps governor. The seat for the sixth Congressional District is headed for a runoff in june. John ossoff a democrat got the most votes beat ougt a crowded field of republicans but not enough to seal a victory part of a special election seen as an antitrump movement by democrats that want to take back the house in 2018. Despite that the president is claiming the runoff as a victory for republicans. And releasing the state of the air report. Good news and bad news, ali gorman is at the big board. Well start with the good fuse, area of pennsylvania, delaware and maryland has made progress in cleaning up pollution. In fact we had fewer higher ozone days meaning there is less smog in the air but, this is the bad news, the philadelphia metro area made the list for the top 25 most polluted cities and 48 of people still live in areas with unhealthy air and could trigger asthma attacks and other problems but overall the particle pollution levels have dropped due to shutting down coal fired power plantses and retiring old diesel engines. Also today, it turns out bragging about your workout or sharing your workout regiment could help other people. Researchers at mit says that exercise specifically running is contagious. They attract more than 1 million runners over five years and their locations and social networks, they found that sharing running distance helps to motivate other people for instance if one person ran 10 minutes more than usual their friends would typically run longer than usual. Now we know that cecily and adam would agree with this because they are uber competent i, you can use this to your benefit if you are on twitter or instagram. And following people into fitness and get tips and help to boost your motivation. I do this a lot guys. Very good. Thank you ali. The city of chester is cleaner tonight because of volunteers who helped to pick up trash and morn today. Mayor kirkland and City Council Members and volunteers rolled up their sleeves to help with the seven hour cleanup part of a week long clean up to inspire everybody to clean the neighborhood and offering shredding and waste disposal. Meanwhile Furry Friends at the Humane Association is getting help from volunteers, this afternoon 20 employees from bank of america planted dozens of trees on the ground and they will grow to give the animals shade in the hot summer sun and reduces storm runoff. Still to come the colorful menu addition on sale at tar bucks. And the hope to make online passwords with a thing of the past. The dow jones continued a downward trend after ibm posted mixed results. Dropping more than 225 points in the last two days. The nasdaq was up 13 about the 5 and the s p 500 down 4. Facebook is trying to get rid of passwords forever. The social media giant unveil aid beta version of the account Recovery Service to use for forgetting a password like recognizing photos of friends, facebook keeps your Information Security without the loss of personal privacy. A new drink that changes colors and even flavors is on sale at staff bucks, its schooled a unicorn frappuccino is it started fruity and turns tart. Its only available today through sunday, and in case you are wondering a 12 ounce version contains 280 calories. Julia roberts is once again the worlds most beautiful woman according to people magazine. 26 years ago she was awarded the most beautiful person after starring in pretty woman with richard gere this is her fifth time getting the honor. Now 49 she has a husband and three kids and roberts is flattered and believes the best is yet to come. Coming up a check of the forecast, drone 6 operated by our faa certified photographers above the museum of the American Revolution that opened today. Cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast. Time for accuweather at the action news big board. Over to cecily tynan. Hi monica and brian things look pretty gray after yesterdays bright sunshine . The clouds are here and we are live on sky 6 hd over looking talen energy stadium. The union taking on montreal can you watch that on 6 abc. Dry conditions now and could get a sprinkle or two this evening. Cloudy and cool. 59 in philadelphia and the same it allentown and millville and dover 55 and cape may Atlantic City 52 and beach haven with a wind off the ocean only 51 degrees. Cooler than yesterday. Generally 10 degrees cooler in philadelphia and areas to the northwest and 5 degrees cooler across south jersey and delaware. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing the clouds rolled in quickly and there is a front draped up here to the north with it close by kind of sagging in and could get a shower or two tonight and then what happens tomorrow the front lifts north as a warm front and that brings the return of much warmer air for the next two days and its on the unsettled side. A sprinkle or two and with the cloud cover temperatures are slow to drop. 53 in philadelphia, and 50 in allentown and 53 in wilmington and cape may 51. The day planner showing tomorrow we start off with clouds and showers possible and then by the afternoon we will see some breaks of sunshine and sun mixing with clouds through the day and temperatures though make it up into the mid70s by afternoon and running 10 degrees above normal getting warmer on friday. Future tracker 6 showing tomorrow morning plenty of clouds and a few showers at 9 00 mainly across the Lehigh Valley and the poconos and breaks of sunshine late in the day and a better chance of showers and thunderstorms approaching by late thursday night and some of those will likely linger into friday morning. The fiveday at 5 00 showing tomorrow 75 degrees and some breaks of sunshine in the afternoon after morning showers and not all that widespread. Friday a chance of a morning shower or thunderstorm and then very warm, sunshine by the afternoon and look at that, a high of 80 but a cold front rolls through and we feel the difference on saturday. We drop down to 66 and clouds roll in in the afternoon and sunday should be a great day for indoor activities. Cloudy, rainy and raw. 53 degrees and could get a half inch to inch of rain. A cool day and monday though the sunshine is back 66 and looking really nice on tuesday and wednesday. Adam will talk about that in the sevenday forecast. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, Rick Williams and monica malpass. Hello again. Rick is off tonight. Brian taff joins us. Here is what is happening on action news. The u. S. Is ratcheting up pressure on north korea to abandoned the Nuclear Weapons program with military muscle we are live with more. A crafty thief uses simple tools to get his hands on a pricey piece of jewelry and plus a final farewell to a Law Enforcement officer in delaware. People say goodbye to the first africanamerican officer at the Newcastle County police department. Eric frein is convicted on all 12 counts including first degree murder in pike county. He is the survivalist accused of ambushing two state troopers killing one of them outside in 2014. Polluters concluded two weeks of testimony yesterday and now juries have decided his fate. Guilty on all counts. The verdict has been reached in the eric frein murder trial and he is convicted and now comes the penalty phase and he does face the death penalty. Stay with action news as we continue to follow the developments in this trial. And the uss carl vincent is headed to the peninsula. The miscommunication comes as they tackle the escalating situation with north korea. Kenneth moton is live now with the latest on this. Reporter today the white house tried to clarify what is a series of confusing and possibly misleading statements about this large Aircraft Carrier. Where in the world is the uss carl vincent, today the Nuclear PowerAircraft Carrier and strike group sailing to the asian peninsula. We are sending an armada, very powerful. It turns out the statement was not exactly true. The warship was actually headed in the opposite direction for a military exercise with australia. Secretary of Defense James Mattis and saudi arabia tried to clear up the confusion saying that the vincent is now on its way. Ill determine where she operates and the white house downplayed saying the commander and chief was not misled. We have an armada going to the peninsula, it is happening. There remains over 500 political positions still open. Mr. Mattis is not getting much help. Trying to run the department of defense. And President Trump calling north korea and an urgent threat. The United States of america will always seek peace but under President Trump the shield stands guard. The uss carl vincent is expected to arrive in the sea of japan next week. And no word how long it will be there but the pentagon extended the deployment to august brian. Kenneth moton, channel 6 action news. Thank you. For a second day in a row now two russian tu 95 bear bombers flew close to alaska. That is much closer than the 100 miles two bombers flew yesterday. And they were intercepted by an aircraft and no fighters were scram bibled because of this . We have breaking news about the suicide of former tight end Aaron Hernandez that he was found with the bible verse 316 on his forehead and no suicide note was found. Hernandez apparently used a bed sheet to hang himself. This j