Kid, goes to the high school, was a Football Player from what i understand at this point. He should be sitting in the classroom. He should be bettering himself academically but unfortunately hes not. Reporter within moments that of first shooting a few blocks away a second shooting incident involving two vehicles broke out. The victim was rushed to a private car to Crozer ChesterMedical Center in one of the cars clearly involved. The windows had been shot out. No word on the condition of that victim. Still later around 10 30 police say there was a third shooting incident nearby. When police got there they found shell casings but no victim. Early this Afternoon Police say they spotted a man walking along 13th street carrily a gun. They say he leveled it at them but they fired first. At this hour police are still searching for that weapon. Running theory is that one is an individual incident and two, three and four could have a connection. Were looking into it. Reporter no firm word on which ones of those two, three and four are relate related at this point. The name of the 16yearold murder victim has not been released yet by Chester Police. Live at Chester Police headquarters, im vernon odom, channel6 action news. Busy day there. Lots to sort through, vern. Thank you. We turn now to chad pradelli live outside Chester High School with what members of the community are saying today. Chad. Reporter yeah, sharrie, as you can imagine parents and neighbors are disturbed and troubled by this spate of violence but sadly not all that surprised. As word echoed through the streets of yesterday that a 16yearold had been gunned down and killed, parents, frantically begin arriving at Chester High School looking to get their son or daughter as the school was on lockdown. It was a mess. Everybody was rushing cars pulling up, running up there, you know, for their kids and whatnot. It was a lot of parents that was upset and everything. Reporter ultimately though calm would prevail the lockdown lifted and the dismissal just after 2 00 p. M. Was orderly under the watchful eye of the superintendent. Attawana millers daughter began school weeks ago. Here in chester even on the streets across from the high school. Ago, they came up the alley and they was shooting out here. Put bullet holes in my mother car and everything. Reporter and some parents tells they were upset that the Chester High School did not send out a text message, a phone call or an email indicating that there had been a lockdown here at Chester High School. We tried to reach out to the superintendent to get comment from him but he had no comment. Live in front of Chester High School chad pradelli channel6 action news. Parents with valid questions. Chad, thank you. We have been alerting up to updates on this story all day long through the 6abc 6abc. Right now you can find the latest details on all the incidents today in chester along with more video from chopper6 and the action cam. The 6abc app is a Free Download for your mobile device. First check of the accuweather forecast in whats been a pretty perfect friday afternoon weatherwise. Blue skies warm temperatures as we head into the weekend. Meteorologist cecily tynan is in for adam today. Shes outside with the forecast. Hi, brian and sharrie. Were on a roll. We had three really nice days in a row. Its been awhile since weve gotten that. Wednesday 80 degrees, yesterday bumped it up to 82, today so far 78 degrees which is pretty close to normal. Normal high for this time of the yearly is 79. We woke up with a lot of sunshine and light winds but satellite and radar showing that we are getting some showers bubbling up, some isolated showers, some clouds. The winds are picking up all ahead of a very weak disturbance that will be blowing through tonight. So, we have been seeing some spotty showers. Exton reporting a few showers this afternoon. The evening planner, though, the showers will really be dying out once the sun sets. Going to be a beautiful friday night. Partly cloudy. At 8 oclock, 74, by 10 oclock 69, by 11 oclock 67 so pretty mild. Overnight low down to 57 degrees but i am tracking more showers for part of your weekend. Early showers tomorrow. Then afternoon sunshine. On sunday its the opposite. We start with the sun, showers move in late. Very pleasant weather ineenly iw for you including the shore and the poconos coming up in the full acbrian. Cecily thank you. See you shortly. Three former penn state officials have been sentenced to jail time for failing to report sexual predator Jerry Sandusky. Former penn state president Graham Spanier and former Vice President gary schultz will have to spend two months in jail. Tim curly will spend three months behind bars. They also received several months of house arrest. A coaching assistant told administrato h sandusky molesting a boy in 2001 but no one reported it to police. Sandusky was not arrested until 2011. Well have a live report from harrisburg coming up in our next half hour today. In other penn state news the university announced new Safety Measures for fraternities and sororities. New team will oversee all greek life events. The school also says any hazing involving alcohol or physical abuse will result in the organizations charter being permanently revoked. University staff will also monitor all social events moving forward. All of these changes follow the february death of sophomore tim piazza, 18 Fraternity Brothers are facing charges in that case. The pilot of a helicopter that crashed last week was laid to rest today. 37yearold Michael Murphy was killed when his medical helicopter crashed in a delaware industrial park. Family and friends honored his life today at the christ redeemer Assumption Church in atco, new jersey. Murphy was conducting training in the area at the time of his death. He leaves behind a wife who is pregnant and a twoyearold son. A fire at an acme in bensalem had emergency crews tearing apart the roof. Chopper6 was overhead as firefighters worked to put out those hot spots. The flames broke out around 11 30 this morning at the Grocery Store near bristol road. Customers were evacuated and no one was injured. Gps Technology HelpedPhiladelphia Police run down a pile of stolen batteries today. Investigators say someone stole numerous car batteries from a walmart in camden. But officers were able to track the thief because the batteries had a tracing device attached to them. Police monitored the thief until he stopped in the 9000 block island avenue in southwest philadelphia. Well, this car was found full of the batteries. The alleged thief took off running on foot but was arrested nearby. Well, we are fast approaching that 5 oclock whistle. Lots of you headed for the shore, the poconos or just home for the weekend. Yes, its the week. Lets head over to matt pelman in the action news traffic center. Hi, matt. Were happy to see it arrive thats for sure. Good afternoon and happy friday brian and sharrie. Its re. Its been a rough day on the to hour delays because of power problems near fern rock. Lansdale doylestown on Paoli Thorndale lines. Half hour delays other lines could see 15 minutes. Manayunk norristown trains canceled because of crew issues this afternoon and dont forget the cynwyd line is not running as of this morning until next friday. Thats because of youre on the buses instead and septa saying allow an extra 15 minutes or so for the commute as youll be riding the buses and not the trains. On the big picture, yeah, extra 15 minutes or so is probably a good idea on the roads, too. A lot of speeds in the teens along 95 and the schuylkill. We had an earlier broken down vehicle on the eastbound schuylkill by 30th street. Luckily its cleared out of the way now and up near olney an overturned vehicle along broad street at champlost by the checkers and the wendys and lets check this situation. Its an accident involving a trolley here in fishtown by johnny grannys at the intersection of girard and frankford. This is a 15 trolley. Seeing delays on that route this afternoon. Watching a crash on the roosevelt boulevard northbound near grant avenue in the outer drive there by millers ale house. Lets grab the ipad do the commuter report on this friday afternoon. If youre traveling woodhaven road headed toward 95 on the eastbound side watch out for a crash. People are saying it is heavy in that area as a result. Well check it again, brian and sharrie, coming up in the next half hour. Okay, matt, thank you. And next on action news, royal tribute. Prince william takes time to meet with his First Responders in Manchester England while the city gets ready to host that massive benefit concert. And a teenaged hero recognized for hisselflessact. Hear from family members who still cant believe the 17yearold risked his life to rescue a toddler from a burning building. The white house is out in full force today defending president trumps decision yesterday to abandon the paris climate accord. In a series of Television Interviews the president s top aides including the Vice President says the decision saves american jobs and unburdens industry but when asked directly not one adviser would say if the president s decision was in any way connected to his personal opinion on Climate Change which he has called a hoax. Does the president still believe Global Warming is a hoax . You need to ask him that she said which has been the same response from every top aide today. Meanwhile, a bipartisan list of mayors from across the country signed a pledge that their cities will still hold to the carbon emission cuts laid out in the Paris Agreement despite the president s decision. Isis claimed one of its soldiers carried out the attack in manila but the Philippine Military maintains it was robbery gone wrong. A gunman entered the casino complex and started setting gambling tables on fire. The smoke killed people as did the panic then sued. In all, 36 people lost their lives. The gunman later took his own life. Police found that he had stolen more than 2 million worth of casino chips. Well, pop performers and other celebrities are starting to arrive in manchester, england ahead of this weekends big benefit concert. Ariana grande organized sundays show. She got some big acts to come along including justin bieber, coldplay and katy perry. A suicide bomber targeted grandes show last week killing 22 people. Meanwhile Prince William took time to meet with Police Officers who responded to that attack. He also praised the volunteers who came forward to help in the aftermath. Abc stands united with the families in manchester and its privileged to bring you the entire concert sunday at 2 00 p. M. On the free form channel and highlights from the one love Manchester Concert will air right here on 6abc sunday night. The onehour special will air after the nba finals in a late edition of action news at 11 00. Checking in on wall street this afternoon. This is how you like to end the week, green arrows acrosstheboard the dow up 62 points to close at 21,206, nasdaq also on the rise 59 points, the s p 500 up nine points on the day. Well, dutch wonderland family Amusement Park in lancaster is holding a job fair this weekend. Anyone 16 and over is welcome to apply for the season. The job fair is sunday from 3 00 until 6 00. Outside the castle doors in lancaster. You can apply for a job, schedule an interview and even enjoy some free time inside the park. Well, weve been telling you about a philadelphia teen who is being hailed a hero for saving his young nephew from a fire. Today his high school hosted a salute to his bravery. Put your life on the line, the city council of philadelphia acknowledges your heroic acts, my man. You are an every day hero. That was just one of the many accolades for that every day hero 17yearold rudy edwards at his high school overbrook high. This is all to celebrate edwards heroism when he ran into his burning home to save the life of his oneyearold nephew. The raging fire destroyed his home on flanders road in overbrook. When he realized his nephew bryce was still inside rudy says he didnt think twice about running back in. Action News Reporter gray hall asked him the big question. Reporter do you feel like youre a hero . Yes, i do. Yes, i do. My family, they proud of me that i did that. Theyre very proud of me. Hes batman. Thats what he calls himself. Its good. People have been really nice. By the way we should show you this. Rudy has the batman bat pack to boot. Now he is of course a certified real life super hero himself. Todays ceremony was supposed to be a surprise but someone slipped because everyone has just been so excited for rudy and so proud of him. Gray hall will have more coming up on action news at 6 00 but of course you had to ask him, do you feel a hero with all the attention hes getting. First of all he knows he is and we all green line. Surprised agree. Surprised or not it does not diminish the accolades. Cecily tynan is back talking about the weekend. Hi, sharrie and brian. The weekend is looking pretty good although there will be a few flies in the ointment but sky6 taking a look at the center city excitement this is a beautiful shot from our Temple University camera. Blue skies but cumulus clouds popping up and we do have a couple showers, double scan live zooming right in on this one that right now is moving towards the northeast extension, just south of lansdale. Its over worcester heading towards 202. No lightning with this. This is just a brief downpour continuing to sync to the south and east. It will be heading north of norristown. If it stays together it will be hitting jenkintown within the next 15 minutes. Weve got another very small cell north of the reading airport crossing 222. Again know lightning strikes with this but these are showers with a weak disturbance thats pulling through and theres another disturbance that will be pulling through tomorrow that will bring us another round of showers, probably a little bit more widespread. But its starting to feel like summer and its starting to look like summer. We are now in the longest days of the year. Today the sun setting at 8 24, plenty of time to enjoy the weather. The latest sunset occurs june 27th, 8 34 and by august 13th the sun will be setting back at 8 oclock. Right now 79 in philadelphia, wilmington 80, allentown 76. Weve got that land breeze, that westerly wind so the Atlantic City airport 80 degrees, but cape may that westerly wind it does roll off the bay so cools things down a little bit, the current temperature there 69. Satellite and radar showing we woke up way bright sunshine. Winds were light. The winds picking up with some clouds bubbling up. Ahead head of that weak theres an i wasser level low thats bringing disturbances. Tonight partly cloudy, pretty comfortable night, 57 in philadelphia, allentown 49. Cape may 57 and wilmington 54 degrees. Future tracker showing 9 oclock tomorrow morning you wake up a lot of clouds. It looks like we will be dealing with a line of some light showers moving through but it moves through very quickly. By the afternoon, bright sunshine is back, temperatures back up into the mid to upper 70s. So, if youre down the shocks you can sleep in a little bit tomorrow morning. Some clouds in the morning, perhaps a spotty shower but the sunshine is back by the afternoon, 72. Philadelphia tomorrow a shower in the morning, then sunshine at 77. In the poconos that systems rolling through before day break there so plenty of sunshine with a temperature of 67. So, the four day at 4 00 showing tomorrow again some clouds, showers in the morning, then the sunshine is back, 77. On sunday its the complete opposite. We start with sun. Then sshowers develing late in the day especially areas to the north warm front sets up, 82. Monday, very unsettled. Showers, some gusty thunderstorms, 82. Tuesday it cools off to 71 with a couple more showers, more clouds than sunshine. All in all the weekend is looking pretty nice. A little bit of shower activity tomorrow morning but again, go ahead and sleep in. Yeah. And youll miss it. I ln excuse to s in. I love that. Ill take that. Thanks, cecily. Glpa this action news, morning with a big surprise involving a local hospital and elementary school. And the action cam was there, too, as the announcement unfolded on live television. Weve got the details coming up. And coming up in big talkers, its a story thats dividing parents all over social media. One dad posts a picture of his little daughter on a leash at a Farmers Market and its gone wildly viral. Well show you both sides of the story coming up. Pass passion my Voice Matters t. This summer, Come Celebrate new york states equal rights history. Download our guide to plan your trip. Ostriches dont really stick their heads in the sand. A peanut is not a nut. And a real john deere is actually real affordable. You learn something new every day. The surprisingly affordable john deere e series tractors. Now you can own americas tractor for just 99 dollars a month. Learn more at your john deere dealer. A day of fun in the sun took on a very special mean dag in Galloway Township new jersey. Students at Assumption Regional Catholic School are hosting the ribbons of hope field day there. Its full of fun but its also a fundraiser that benefits the atlantic care cancer care institute. The event ends at 7 oclock and is now