Driveway here. Reporting live in lower moreland township. Kenneth moton channel 6 action news. Thank you. Now to a developer story in montgomery county, an exfirefighter is under arrest after he took his old coworkers hostage. The man was just laid off yesterday and came back today with a gun. Chopper 6 hd was overhead as he surrendered to s. W. A. T. Teams. Lets get started with vernon odom, the good news here is that all of this ended peacefully here today. Reporter we are thanking the lord for that here the lamott section of elkins park is quiet and peaceful once again after there was a serious confrontation and the firehouse was ground zero for the confrontation. A volunteer fireman just fired last night came in with a handgun and took four members hostages. The police came and started negotiations by telephone and he did fire one shot into the basement wall. One male was holding four males in the basement with a handgun and threatening to shoot the same. Before our arrival before we received the call, he did fire one shot into the wall. Reporter the four hostages emerged unharmed and this teenager was entering the firehouse at the same time the gunman did. He walked by me and i was waiting outside and i walked . And then everybody started running outside and they told me to get out. Hostage jamal denied to comment after returning to the firehouse this afternoon. Reporter that 15yearold got out right away so he led his iphone to one of the firefighters to call police. Thank you vernon now lets get live to chad pradelli with more on the man at the center of this standoff. Reporter we are learning new information. Cheltenham police say that the suspect walked into the Lamott Fire Company basement and fired a shot into the wall and he said quote, the next one i wont miss several members ran out and four to five did not and were held hostage, an hour later the Police Made Contact with the gunman and he released them. They say he was a great guy and while he was recently fired nobody saw the alleged standoff coming he worked for the Housing Authority and worked for the Salvation Army and he was distraught from the fire company and was taken to Norristown State Hospital a psychiatric facility where he is being monterrored. When i heard there were hostages i said i hope nobody is being shot. We heard the s. W. A. T. Team was up here. Reporter the suspect will remain at the Psychiatric Hospital likely for the next 72 hours, i am live outside of Cheltenham Police chad pradelli channel 6 action news. Thank you chad. Our coverage continues on this story on our website youll find photos and video from the scene as the hostage situation unfolded as well as the latest on this investigation, its all right there on 6abc. Com. And we have more breaking news right now Pennsylvania Supreme Court has just issued a ruling that means the case against attorney general, Kathleen Kane can move forward. She is accused of violating grand jury secrecy ruling by leaking the name of a political foe, she argued that the grand jury had to legal standing and the grand jury did not agree. And now kane could face charges. Now the accuweather forecast, as we await the arrival of rain showers. Adam joseph is tracking it all. Reporter as we take a look at temperatures in the midatlantic low pressure is in western parts of pennsylvania north of that low its winter like, in the 30s in buffalo and binghamton and new york city, if you take a drive from new york city south a few hours to richmond you go from winter to summer, a 35 degree distance in a short amount of space as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan, we are dealing with rain showers across our area but you live just to the north and it does turn into snow, we have the colder air just to the north of the Lehigh Valley and the poconos and scranton it is snowing but not enough cold air to drain in from the north to give us the form of snow so it stays as rain. Winter weather advisories for carbon and monroe county, 1 to 4 inches of snow, and the rest of us its a period of light rain through the 10 00 hour. At the very end there could by wet snowflakes mixing in in far northern bucks and montgomery county. But it wont accumulate and ends by 10 00 and clearing after midnight and temperatures drop below freezing in much of the area. Well talk about april it arrives tomorrow brian and you know what . It will feel like it. A big temperature swing in the weather department. Hopefully that not an april fools joke. And this is video of an attack on a septa passenger, the victim was sucker punched and knocked out cold at 15th and market in center city. A group of teens followed the man off the l train yesterday and he suffered injuries and remains hospitalized at this hour with a broken jaw, Philadelphia Police are identifying the teens involved. Police say that a Darby TownshipPolice Officer was killed by his girlfriend they approved murder charging for tiana finch investigator says he shot mark hudson to death inside of his glenolden home, he ended his relationship with finch and that ended in gun fire. She took away what we valued so much in this borough, a decent man trying to start something in his life. Finch was under facing charges for a lesser charge of threatening him with a knife. One man had to jump out of a window to escape a burning building in west girard in philadelphia. Isaac collins says he was sleeping at the time and woke up to find flames in the hallway and escaped through the second story window the cause remains under investigation tuesday afternoon coming up on the afternoon commute, lets see how it is looking out there. Lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. My good friend brian taff, good to see you good afternoon we are seeing so much traffic already this afternoon here at 95 and allegheny avenue delays are starting to form in both directions these are the southbound taillights to the work zone, to girard and slower at an even half hour from the vine to woodhaven ideally half of that but during the afternoon commute its not going to be half of that. Over on the schuylkill traveling westbound by city avenue the normal afternoon delays are taking affect even though the highways remain dry an opening at the tacoma palmyra bridge a crash cleared approaching landsdale, we are watching several accidents in Atlantic County one in folsom on 322 at 12th street and the pike in Egg Harbor City look for an accident at route 50 and one along route 9 near jimmy leads road just cleared. Lets grab the iphone and do the commuter report, this is pothole palooza, this is one in doylestown of many. They are trying to match people. More in the next half hour. Thank you matt. Still ahead a prisoner escapes from a hospital and sets off a massive manhunt. Plus, its a sure sign of the season we get a brand new look at the 6 abc zoo balloon. And a study with the worst traffic in america, where does philadelphia fall on the list . So im working from home. I get on a video conference. With my boss, and my bosss boss. But i forgot to attach the presentation it sends in a flash, good thing i have fios. I dont and it was taking forever. We dont miss a beat. Im yelling at the kids to get off wifi. Get off the movies get off the video games i think i got a promotion. I think i need a new job. Are you guys hiring. Why settle when you can have you have fiber optics with a two year price guaranteed. Fios. The fastest, most reliable internet. After a nearly nine hour man manhunt this morning a convict it s back in custody. He was on the lam wearing just a hospital gown and no shoes but he was armed after he stole a guards gun and fled a virginia hospital. After a massive manhunt he was arrested. The suspected bank robber was being transferred from jail to the hospital when he managed to overpower one of the prior at security guards and steal a gun. A shot was fired and nobody was injured during the spree he carjacked two other vehicles breaking into the trunk of one car and hiding there when he drove to work. In the area of the hospital he started to kick out the backseat from inside of the truck, the vehicle then crashed and then he committed a carjacking. Police tell abc news that the reason he was taken to the hospital in the first place was because he attempted suicide last friday but this morning he spent nine hours on the run and they kautd up with him this afternoon. The white house says that the talks to curb Irans Nuclear power will likely extend past today. Negotiators said they have not been able to bridge all the gaps yet but progress is being made. Today was the deadline to create the framework to curbing Irans Nuclear ambitions. Iraqi forces say they finally reached the center of tikrit after a month of fighting they are trying to take that city from isis. The u. S. Launched air strikes and now the fighting is raging street by street after isis fighters holed up there. They think they could retake the city in the next 24 hours. Stocks took a beating on this final day of the quarter, the dow losing 200 points, losing all the gains from yesterday and the nasdaq losing close to 47 points and the s p down 4 points apple is extending its tradein program to include smart phones and Computers Made by other companies, that company is interested in getting older nonapple hardware and that helps apple add innocentcentives whiching to switch from other platforms like windows or android. And jay z is shaping up the music business with a brand new streaming service and its called tidal wave and he has some big names helping him to get it started. Madonna rihanna and his wife beyonce a star studded panel there. He wants to put control of the music business back into the hands of artists. Everything he touches everybody wants to tryout madonna included. Some of the Top Companies are looking to hire 1,000 people across delaware barclays and capital one and Jp Morgan Chase met with students from wilmington and they are developing the skills for high tech jobs and they could eventually fill the banks open positions. In Philadelphia CityCouncil Hearings began today on mayor Michael Nutters Budget Proposal he wants to raise property taxes to bring in 1. 5 million for the citys struggling schools. They have to agree on the support for the district and they will spend the next to months debating the budget. Something we hope youll love as much as we do. The iconic piece of the skyline, the action cam is giving you a live look as crews inflate, yes the 6 abc zoo balloon as we speak. This is a replacement after the original one suffered significant Weather Damage last year. Once again it will take zoo visitors 400 feet over the animals, giving them spectacular views of Fairmount Park and center city. Its being inflated and that means spring is on the way. Lets get in that thing this spring. Lets do it together. Its a date. And it is time now for the accuweather forecast. Adam joseph is standing by to give us a look. Reporter its a popular feature, i stood in line for an hour and gave up. As we look at double scan live radar low pressure in the central part of pennsylvania but we are still dealing with wintry weather, snow to the north and rain to the south despite this is the last day of march as we look at double scan live, a little closer well start where its cold and in the form of snow, lake harmony picking up snow the same for mt. Pocono, even though most of the resorts are done for this season on the verge of rain and wet snowflakes and as we head to the south its all rain and warmer temperatures in Chester County and Delaware County and Newcastle County and eastern parts of Lancaster County once the showers push in they are light and steady over the next few hours and will push to the east as we get into the late evening hours, temperaturewise though, we have a 23 degree temperature difference from Lehigh Valley to dover 63 degrees and 48 in trenton and 58 in philadelphia and at the shore upper 40s to low 50s. As we say goodbye to march it started like a lion, and roared like a lion this last day, march very active and cold, near 4. 5 degrees below normal we saw a foot of snow in the month of march, the snowiest month this winter season and the most snow philadelphia has seen in the month of march since 1993 since we had the super storm. As we look at satellite and radar, a clipper system moving from the north to the east, future tracker 6 showing rain across most of the area and pockets of rain and allentown getting snowflakes on the back end of the storm and as it heads to the south and east, cloudy still and lingering light showers, and by tomorrow morning rush hour, the winds drain in from the northwest its a dry sunny start to your midweek and the first day of april showers end and a couple of wet snowflakes mixing in in north philadelphia and temperatures are dropping below freezing across much of the area and in fact upper 20s in allentown reading to lancaster however we get a quick turn around here and a rebound in the temperatures notice the warmth from bismark, and wichita 27 degrees and 77 in memphis this pushes to the east and we get clipped by the warmth on thursday and friday. The four day at 4 00, hello to april, no joke, full sunshine but still 52. Thursday breezy and warm, 66 degrees and 70 on friday however a lot of clouds and showers for good friday and much cooler and windy saturday starts wetd and sunday at 54 degrees, but sunday we begin the spring adventures ill be live outside. You should talk to the boss about doing the whole newscast there. Are they listening now . There is a new ranking for the worst cities of traffic ranking in america and tom tom had the fifth annual traffic index philadelphia was the 20th worst for traffic in the country, not too bad, they found people that drive at rush hour here spend 70 hours in traffic delays last year and los angeles topped the list of worst cities and San Francisco honolulu new york and seattle rounded out the top five. Philadelphias championship moments are living on in a mural in northeast Philadelphia City of champions was dedicated today at spikes trophies the project is in partnership with the philadelphia sports halloffame and it was designed and painted by David Mcshane a philadelphia native grew up witnessing this, the triumph and failures of the citys team. A popular tourist spot. Up next a bold crime caught on camera, police are asking for your help catching a man that broke into a car in broad daylight. And the governor of indiana responded to the backlash from a controversial new law. And seniors on fleet they are down with the lingo meet the golden oldies fighting for think right to party. Dish after dish. Time, after time, after time again. Deliciously creamy galbani ricotta inspires meals, and moments, that are simply better. Mmm, galbani sfx kiss . Italys favorite cheese brand. Now, americas number one ricotta. Why do we do it . 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The brawl happened on march 19th and it started in the hallway after the students finished taking a standardized test, six students are charged with assault and 19 others face Disorderly Conduct charges. Still ahead a possible break through from developers trying to sell the revel casino. Six months after she took the crown miss america returns to the jersey shore and im nydia han we have cool new ways to save money on parking and rental cars and road trips. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph Shirleen Allicot and brian taff. Hello again action news continues with the reaction from indianas governor after widespread fallout from the states new freedom of religious law. And 12 hours after a deadly crash a semmy was left on its side. And a mothers apology has gone viral after her kids were scolded by a complete stranger in the Movie Theater. A former firefighter was arrested after he took several of his excoworkers hostage, this morning he took four men hostage at gun point it took them four hours to negotiate to get everyone out safely. We have complete coverage of this at 5 00. Westbound i78 headed through berks county just reopened after a deadly crash this morning, the Chain Reaction crash began at 4 30 a. M. In greenwich township, it started with a disabled vehicle blocking part of left lane and then a tractor trailer flipped on the side and the driver of that semi dead. You have more. Reporter it opened 45 minutes ago and we are 15 miles west of allentown, two very large trucks, what we learned recently is that small car became disabled to swerve to avoid something in the road. More than nine hours later crews struggled to clear the wreckage on i78, there was a Chain Reaction accident involving a car and two tractor trailers, investigato