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WPVI Action News At 4PM June 22, 2024

Tweeted, we were very much in love and we just moved in together. She was in the newsroom when the shooting happened. Kenneth moton, abc news. Today through the connecting power of social media, we are learning more about the victims and the loved ones they leave behind, first to the reporter shot and killed. Allison parker, she had just moved in with her coworker, chris hurst, a philadelphia native, saying we did not share this publically but allison and i were very much in love and i am numb. They were together almost nine months and we wanted to get married and they just celebrated her 24th birthday. He says she was the most radiant woman i had ever met, for some reason she loved me back and she loved her family and loved her parents and brother and we are comforted by everybody at the station, we were a team and i am heart broken for adams fiance. And adam was shot and killed and he was engaged to be married. Melissa ott was from bridgetown, new jersey, and today was the last day on the job in virginia. Ward graduated from Virginia Tech and as you can see, ward be parker was a close team, working for the morning show in all kinds of conditions in the Early Morning hours, and they were Work Together this morning simply doing their jobs. Parker even smiling during the feature story seconds before the incredible tragedy. Just unbelievable. Action news anchor, Monica Malpass was at the white house to interests view president obama, and she asked him about the shooting in virginia and he offered his condolences and called for more gun control. We are following the updates of this tragic shooting all day long, we have a look at the lives and careers of the victims and reaction from their colleagues and loved one. Other news, Pennsylvania Court officials released 1,000 pages of records connected to Kathleen Kane investigation. She plans to make them part of the defense against charges that she leaked confidential information to the media and lied about it under oath, they include pornographic emails distributed between prosecutors and others and some had racial jokes, she says the court case is revenge after she reveal the the emails, the judge ruled there is enough evidence against kane for her to stand trial. Its time now for a check of the accuweather forecast, meteorologist, adam joseph is live along city avenue. Clouds are moving in but they should not be a problem. They are just fair weather cumulous clouds, a decent amount of sun and low humidity, look at the temperatures, they are comfy right now. Especially north and west in the upper 70s and lancaster, just 73 degrees and philadelphia 81 and 82 in millville and upper 70s at the shore. All of these numbers below average for this time of year. The dew points below 60 degrees area wide and that means we have dry air in place and that makes it very comfortable even when are you in the sunshine, and when you are in the shade, it feels a little fall like, to the north and west, there are the fair weather cumulous clouds that bubbled up with the cooler air, but again that sunshine is in control philadelphia to the shore and the entire state of delaware. As we look at your evening planner, temperatures falling and will collapse after sunset. In the seven day we are r that will return, well let you know in a bit. Many of us are watching the markets closely with bated breath and there was good news out of the gate, despite chinas impact on the global economy, the dow soared after the opening bell, a similar story yesterday but tuesdays rally did not last and they closed sharply lower, but 619 points up on the dow, and 191 points up on the nasdaq and the s p 500 up 72 points. European markets held steady after the big gains. Lets hope that the trend continues. As of today we are just one month away from the popes visit to philadelphia and city leaders gave us their update. This was trying to get everyone excited for the event. Annie mccormick is live in fairmount. Have you the details just released today. Brian, that is right. It felt like a papal pep rally, a lot of businesses in fair mown will remain open, and todays press conference was about city leaders urging businesses and people to participate in the papal weekend. Pope francis arrival in philadelphia is just one month from today. One month world meeting of families organizers urged Business Owners to stay open during the papal weekend and the week leading up to it. The city has helped businesses work on things like deliveries and transportation for employees. And they have handled 350 potpourri lated calls and the mayor announced that Reading Terminal market will stay open too. We worked on them with a delivery plan. Originally several businesses showed trepidation with the announcement of bridge and road closures and now its renamed the francis festival grounds, organizers announced incentives like a trip of rome to families kids with signs for store fronts and buttons go out to businesses on monday. Clarifying concerns on transportation and safety. Patco and septa riders will be dropped off at the fair ground, they are close to Independence Mall and the ben franklin parkway, the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association they want people to know there are still rooms, some were only available as blocks before. They are available for the general public and there are plenty of them but they will go quick. Uber will now be able to operate until saturday at 2 00 a. M. And resume monday at 3 00 a. M. Also, if you participate, if you show up to the event, you will receive a holy medal or a prayer card both can be blessed by the pope. Reporting live in fairmount, annie mccormick, channel 6 action news. Thank you. We have all the details about the ill be there Campaign Online at 6abc. Com pope, you can see jim gardners reports from argentina, and details on road closures and security zones for the papal visit. Francis festival grounds. All right i like it. People concerned about traffic during the popes visit . How about tonight. Lets go to matt pellman in the traffic center. Its a lot of closures, no matter how you slice it. Good afternoon to you nydia and brian, we were keeping tabs on a crash here on 95 northbound side approaching allegheny at the work zone and now normal delays at girard avenue, causing big delays from the pennsylvania turnpike, in the westbound direction past the Fort Washington interchange, taking out the right lane, just 9 Miles Per Hour past willow grove and most of our traffic is headed eastbound and that is severely jammed with the gaper delay and pennsylvania turnpike not the best spot this afternoon and a house fire along upper dublin and while in the area, i want to mention about this, they are scheduled to reopen plymouth road and they bumped that up a few days, back in business after a Ribbon Cutting tomorrow, its been closed since march, that is great news for those of you that live in the Plymouth Meeting area. Now lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this hump day. Single digit speeds west of willow grove because of crash past Fort Washington taking out the right lane, well check that and other issues in the next half hour. Thank you my friend. Still ahead a recall alert involving millions of pounds of a popular breakfast food. And a fire breaks through an Apartment Building, we get a look at the damage when residents return to pick up the pieces. Today action news got a sneak peek at a new music venue. Comfort keepers can provide a variety of custom Inhome Services for your aging loved ones, including medication reminders and transportation to the doctor. Dozens of people are out of their homes today after a huge fire at an Apartment Building in king of prussia, chopper 6 hd flew overhead today showing us the heavy damage from above and as you can see some people lost everything. Eva pilgram is live at the scene and the good news here is that everyone was able to get out safely. Reporter that is right, everybody got out safely, this huge fire destroyed the upper merion Apartment Building, at this point firefighters have build up a barrier and it appears to be accidental and they think it started somewhere outside. Flames forced 30 people out of their beds in the middle of the night at 1 30 in the morning at the abrams apartments. You could hear it going on. Loud. A woman that lives in the apartment where the fire appears to be started, was lying in bed when she smelled something, she put her hand to the wall and it was hot and went to her balcony and saw flames. Neighbors say they were woken up by a female Police Officer who was banging on doors. We were sleeping. She said she was banging for 5 or 10 minutes. In the end 16 units damaged with half of them destroyed and half the roof. Its horrible. Everything is damaged. Everything. I mean a bad smell and thousands and thousands of gallons of water, everything is damage and the roof has come down. Its some mess inside. The red cross is helping eight families, 14 people with food and clothing with a place to stay, we spoke to other people that say they are staying with relatives or got a hotel room for the night. Eva pilgram, channel 6 action news. Thanks very much. A 10yearold girl is among three people hurt today in a shooting in the park side neighborhood. It happened at 1213 and popular street. The 10yearold girl was grazed in the arm and she is expected to be okay. A 20yearold was hit in the arm and foot and a 26yearold was shot in the arm and ankle. Everyone is expected to survive here. Police have not said what set this off. James holmes, the colorado Movie Theater shooter, has been formerly sentenced to life in prison, he was convicted of killing 12 people during a midnight movie screening in 2012. The victimss today a judge called holmes an angry quitter who gave up on life and turned his hatred into murder. Kraft heinz is recalling 200 pounds of turkey bacon, it could expire before the use by date on the package, the effected turkey bacon was shipped nationwide and produced trend may 21st and august 6 and, the food could make people sick, we have more details on 6abc. Com. Burger king is reaching out to its biggest rival in hopes of working together. The chain took out a full page ad today addressed to mcdonalds Work Together on a special burger called the mcwhopper, available on peace day and proceeds would be donated to peace one day, that provides Educational Resources nationwide. The ceo of mcdonalds called it a great idea but shot it down, and could work with burger king some way another day. Well see about that. Pennsylvanias newest concert venue is just a couple months away from opening its doors in the fishtown section, is now two concert halls, the transformation cost 32 million and it opened up with a concert by philadelphias own hall and oates. The of commerce is hosting the event. Also, at the luncheon, a Panel Discussed breaking the gender barrier, including attorneys and doctors. Well, as we mentioned, a Beautiful Day out there. I hope you enjoyed some of it. It wont last forever . No, but long enough, if you did not get out today you can enjoy tomorrow or friday. Right now on sky 6 hd, at the Philadelphia International airport its soaked in sunshine there and again very comfortable temperatures, we look at them now in philadelphia, 81 degrees and washington is 80 and 80 in richmond and all the 90s that are squashed way to the south, north and west in buffalo just 64 and pittsburgh 67 degrees very falllike, littered with clouds today and that helps to keep the temperatures down closer to the great lakes, plus the dew points, the winds from the northwesterly direction have fallen back to near 50 degrees and even down to the south they have a refreshing break from the humidity and southern parts of virginia and north carolina. Very rare, late in august to see it push that far south for an extended period of time. But the dew points in the 50s, which is pleasant for tomorrow and friday, will jump back up on saturday, sunday and monday, into the 60s, it feels more humid and with the return of the humidity, the temperatures will go above average once again. High pressure is just to the west of chicago, you can see across the great lakes and a few scattered showers around, that will evaporate as the High Pressure becomes the muscle maker here and pushes to the east. The return flow around the high for the weekend, tonight clear and comfy, open the windows if you can. 57 many millville and 60 in trenton and dover 61 degrees, tomorrow afternoon very similar to today. Upper 70s to the north and west and right around 82, 83 degrees elsewhere. Just a few clouds like today in the afternoon and pleasantly warm with a decent amount of sun. As we look at your four day at 4 00, 83 degrees tomorrow and mimic that again on friday and 85 degrees, and then the weekend turns warmer but still an abundant amount of sunshine, 88 on saturday and a touch more humid and hot and definitely more humid on sunday at 90 degrees and as we look at the seven day in the next half hour, we are going into the month of september, it will be anything but septemberlike. Thanks adam. Its a snack with a side of good deeds and its flying off the shelves in south jersey. The Campbell Soup Company Kicked off the seventh year for the just peachy salsa, it has netted some 250,000 from the salsa alone so far. Campbell says its made using peaches that farmer was have discarded because of its size and bruising, turning trash into cash. Up next a man uses counter fit money in south jersey, and is now police are using your money to track them down. And a man tries to ambush a philadelphia Police Officer, what a cop did to save their life. And a sticky debate in atlantic city. Who invented the sweet and gooey, treat called salt water taffy. We have breaking news now Delaware State Police are investigating a crash involving two motorcycles and a car. Both of the motorcycles now are put on that flat bed truck to be towed away, and you can see the vehicle there, there must have been some type of fire, you can see the charred remains of the car on the side of the road and one operator of a motorcycle has suffered major injuries and is being flown to newark trauma center. This happened in brandywine at grub road and andy lane. It involves two motorcycles and a car. There there in one man is dead and another in the hospital after a crash that split a car in half. Chopper 6 hd was off the wreck at beverly road, police say that the driver lost control at 2 30 this morning and hit a pole that split the car in two, Nathaniel Gray died at the scene and 37yearold desean causy is in the hospital with injuries to his head and face and broken ribs. One car was 100 feet away from the other half, police dont yet know who was driving. Police in cherry hill are looking for the man that spent counterfeit money in wegmans. They say he used a fake 100 bill. They say he drove away in a red minivan but did not catch his license plate, they are asking anyone with information to call them. Hey terry stop they have a special so, what did you guys think of the test drive . I love the jetta. But what about a deal . Terry, stop its quite alright. You know what . We want to make a deal with you. Were twins, so could you give us two for the price of one . Come on, give us a deal. Look at how old i am. Do you come here often . He works here, terry you work here, right . Yes. Ok lets get to the point. Were going to take the deal. Get a 1000 volkswagen reward card on select 2015 jetta models. Or lease a 2015 jetta s for 139 a month after a 1000 volkswagen bonus. Action news continues. Its 4 30 and action news continues, the reason that a group of doctors are blaming a case of head lice on social media. And a man robbed a bank, he says for the right reasons. And laughing while black, that is the twitter hashtag taking off like a run away train. 11 members of a book club were kicked off a wine tour for doing just that. What the company is behind the event is saying now. But First Television tragedy shaking the industry to its core, the death of a virginia reporter and her photographer at the hands of an alleged disgruntled colleague. It happened just outside of roanoke this morning, Allison Parker was in fronts of the camera and her photo journalist adam ford. Bryce williams snuck up with a gun and the tourism official was lying wounded. Flannigan fled the scene and crashed while being chased by state troopers, the stations general manager appeared on air and was conflicted about his former employees fate. I will step out of my is role, im not sure i want him to live or die, if he dies he took the cowards way out and if he lives he goes on trial and goes to prison for the rest of his life and i presume that and im speaking way out of turn and im expressing what viewers think and many of the coworkers of allison and adam think. He sena letter that the Charleston Church shooting was his tipping points. Adam ward was engaged to melissa ott, that is her in the middle there, she was celebrating her last day before starting a new job in charlotte. They posted this picture before the newscast today. Gibbs is a penn state graduate. You can follow this story on our website, with details about the shooters manifesto. Turning now to the investigation into a Police Involved shooting in west philadelphia, that is where offices say they were forced to open fire after a man tried to ambush them, action news reporter, chad pradelli is live with the latest on the investigation, chad quite the scene there today. Nydia, let me set the scene here for you, this is what police tell me, one officer was there in the middle of the road outside of his Police

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