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The barrage of shots went into the home where he lived and some his hit chevrolet. And he was the target of a mob like assassination. And he has prior contact with Law Enforcement. Rick, this reminder tonight city hall will pay a 20,000 reward for Key Information that helps to make an arrest and convention in this murder case. Im vernon odom, channel 6 action news at Police Headquarters in center city. Vernon, thank you. A 2yearold boy died from a gunshot wound inside of his home inside of olney this afternoon. Philadelphia police are not clear how it happened. Chopper 6 hd was over the block of godfrey avenue at 2 00 p. M. There were adults home with the boy when it happened and the gun has not been recovered and police are interviewing everyone in the house at the time. Breaking news for you right now, chopper 6 hd over the scene camden city firefighters are at the house fire at the 900 block. The fire broke out at a two story row home and Numerous Police and firefighters on the scene. They are reporting thick smoke and flames from the property. No word on whether anyone is there or trapped but we have firefighters currently going into the home to try to put the fire out and assess the situation and save anybody that may need it. Get ready for the coldest weather we have had arctic air sweeps in to bring us a bitter blast. Cecily tynan at the big board with the latest. Right now it doesnt feel that bad. Temperatures reached the upper 50s today and right now 56 and if you look over bismark north dakota that is the leading edge of that air mass. The windchill is 8 degrees that is the air mass that moved our way overnight. Shat lightshowing the front moving through the great lakes and coming with snow there. Here is should be blasting through dry. And behind it. We have the cold air and the gusty winds. The arctic front moving in from the northwest to the southeast, and 1 00 in the morning and 5 00 behind that winds kicking up. Gusting 35 month 40 Miles Per Hour. And temperatures are only in the 30s. And that is where they say all day long and windchills not just in the morning but through the day in the teens and 20s and feels 30 degrees colder than today. Windchill tracker showing 21 degrees it will feel like at 7 30 tomorrow morning. The good news winds ease friday night the bad news temperatures dropping near record levels and a freeze warning posted for philadelphia areas to the south and not posted north because the growing season ended there. Well talk about how low the temperatures drop in the accuweather forecast. Thank you. You can find the latest forecast information including real time views by visiting 6abc. Com or downloading the free 6 abc app for your mobile device. Now to the latest in the investigation into the Texas Church Mass shooting. We hear from the father of the shooter who says his family is also grieveing along with the victims. Here is the latest from southerland springs, texas. The scars will mark this small Texas Community for a long time. The pastor here is calling for the church to be torn down and he lost his daughter in the shooting and too much pain for the people to worship in this building again. Investigators are trying to learn more about the man that walked into the church and took 26 innocent lives. The biggest problem breaking into the shooters heavily encrypted cell phone. Rod rosenstein says he gave up his right to privacy when he opened fire and blames the the phones manufacturing designing a system that the federal government cannot access even with a court order. Well eventual maybe get into the phone and sometimes time and money and some cases lives. That is a high price to pace. In a similar case in san bernardino, california. He explains the position to david muir. This case is not about a phone but about the future. What is at stake here is can the government compel apple to write software that we believe would make hundreds of millions of customers vulnerable around the world. We dont foe what kind of cell phone the shooter had but reached out to authorities and offered to help in any way that it can. Channel 6 action news. And world news tonight with david muir has more on the Texas Church Shooting including what the shooters father had to say as the community tries to heal. You can watch it tonight at 6 30 right after action news at 6 00. Legal and Law Enforcement experts were in center city talking about how employers can prepare for any possible violence in the workplace. Representatives from the fbi and the Police Department were joined by attorneys with Fisher Phillips and shared areas of expertise in creating a proactive plan focusing on safety and prevention and crisis management. And one of the most important thing is to get to know their employees. 1 100,000 there a home forfeited because of drug activity. A four bedroom split level house was sold by auctioneers. And in the end it went for 180,000 proceeds helps to fund the continuing Drug Enforcement work in bucks county. Time now for a check of the action news traffic report thursday night. Lets take it live to matt pellman and see what is going on. Good evening, we are used to do this drive home in the dark this week and you see the sun has set and headlights and taillights are on and the taillights are lighting up on the schuylkill expressway. Brake lights, braking on the westbound side of the vine and eastbound though is more substantially delays from the boulevard into south street and continues across town on the vine 95 northbound were already we have had two broken down vehicles in the northbound lanes. Also watching a new crash in plymouth township along walton road and 76 and our crash in montclair has cleared and cleaned up the wires along german town pike. All day a water main break in wilmington right by polanski Elementary School and South Franklin street is closed. And broom street or maryland avenue would be alternates in and Mercer County new jersey a crash along 1 meadow road. Well check it again coming up in the next half hour. Thank you matt. More ahead on action news tonight. An emotional day on capitol hill for the louisiana congressman Steve Scalise who got to thank the men and women that stormed the washington, d. C. Baseball field to save his life from the gunman over the summer. What he told them today coming up. And it takes skill and heart to play in the National Football league and literally heart that sets players apart from other parts. Ali gorman will explain when we come right back. House majority whip Steve Scalise paid tribute to the officers that saved his life when the gunman opened fire on the d. C. Baseball field this summer. Today scalise was joined by other members of congress to say thank you to five officers that responded to the june 14th attack. And each got a Capital Police medal of honor the agencies highest honor. These five brave men and women prevented what would have been mass execution. A lot of members of congress here today wouldnt be here today. I wouldnt be here today with the heroism and their bravery. Witnesses say that the carnage on the field would have been worse if the officers had not engage the with the assailant in a gun fight and eventually killed him. He is accused of tackling rand paul from behind breaking six of pauls ribs, the senator is currently recovering and the Attorney Says it has nothing to do with politics but a trivial dispute over landscaping and he faces up to a year in jail if convicted. Health check tonight a new finding shows how intense exercise may affect an athletes body and it shows athletes to have thicker hearts and heart muscles because of intense exercise. Ali gorman is at the big board to explain. Reporter researchers say that the aorta in Football Players may be larger. The main artery here that carries the blood from the heart to the rest of the body and doctors studied 200 retired nfl players and found they had much larger aortas compared to none athletes and line men had larger aortas compared to other position players. And due to weight lifting it puts someone at risk for a lifethreatening tear but more research is needed to find out if it is true of other elite e athle athletes, we should be cautious and monitor the folks more closely than we would normally. What is interesting the players had lower levels of high Blood Pressure and cholesterol and smoking. And uber is driving an Unusual Initiative Holding Events in 28 cities offering in person assistance in signing up for insurance under the Affordable Care act. The company says its making the move for a big appetite for Health Insurance for the 6,000 drivers however advertising and assistance for the federal market place is cut by 90 and other High Tech Companies are making similar efforts. And also today there has been a lot of work and a lot of progress in helping more people quit smoking but despite that a new government report estimates that one in five adults is still using tobacco products, the smoking rate has not changed much and the director of the cdc says its the nations leading preventible cause of death and disease. And the results of this resensurvey make it clear that more research is needed. And earlier in the week, i hosted a Facebook Live chat to talk about the Great American smokeout. The day the smokers are challenged to not smoke that day and set a longterm quit date and plan of action. This is up and has resources to help and inspirational story how a woman kicks the habit after 40 years and the Great American smokeout is november 16th. A lot of Success Story theres thank you. A big announcement from held and officials in delaware today. The opioid reversal medication naloxone is available at all cvs pharmacisys in the state and can give it without a prescription. The hope is by increasing access to the medication will decrease the risk of overdose and there are 190 suspected opioid deaths in delaware so far this year. Medical professionals and care takers saw what it was like to live with alzheimers, the virtual dimension tour took place and goggles showing visual impairment and shoes shows difficulties with walking, one they put everything on they were told to perform every day tasks while being timed. Atters. 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So stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we do have a few light showers generally north and west of philadelphia and sprinkles and not from the arctic front and from the low pressure to the south throwing us some moisture, but here is the front, you see a few scattered light showers and a few snow showers with it. As it moves in it will dry up. For the the most part it comes through dry and then behind it, we have much cooler weather and much windier weather as well. Tonight, it gets windy near dawn and temperatures crash. Once the front moves through through 1 00 and 5 00 in the morning, overnight low 32 in the suburbs and 38 for center city and winds up to 25 Miles Per Hour sustained and future tracker 6 showing the wind gusts 7 30 in the morning, anywhere from 30 to 40 to 43 Miles Per Hour and even into the afternoon the winds still extremely strong. The winds will be howling and temperatures stuck in the 30s and this shows you what it feels like around philadelphia and the windchill at 8 00 in the morning, 27 degrees and then if you head out friday night bundle up the windchill down to 19 degrees, by 8 00 and windchills in the northwest suburbs are only in the teens, the fiveday at 5 00 showing tomorrow the high 39 and windchills in the teens and 20s, good amount of sunshine saturday morning overnight lows near record lows and freeze warnings are posted and the afternoon high not as harsh and the winds diminish. 41 degrees if you head to the linc youll want to bundle up and 49 degrees on sunday and monday clouds breaking for sunshine and maybe a shower. But the models trending drier and 53 degrees and tuesday a mixture of sun and clouds with a high of 54. The next two day a preview of winter but what will this actual winter season bring. Ill have the answer, and people are hounding me about this for months now and the Winter Weather outlook tonight at 11 00. Talk about the temperatures to expect this winter and talk about how much snow to expect where you live. This evening is a good evening to head to Chestnut Hill and that is where