this afternoon. they may respond to an occasional argument at this apartment complex but not gun violence. they were released that nobody was hurt when the gun fire erupted here. >> never violence, nothing like this. >> the police spent the day looking for shell casings here on chelsea avenue. they found them, 7 to 9 shell casings and they found bullet holes in the sides of trees and the outside walls of two homes. the woman here was washing dishes on the other side of wall when the bullet came tearing into her kitchen. luckily she was not hurt and the neighbors were stunned this happened in broad daylight. >> i am shocked stuff like this doesn't go on in the neighborhoods, it doesn't go on on this street. >> police got reports of gun

fire and they believe someone was standing alongside the row homes and started shooting, nobody was hit but the bullet holes and shell casings showed police how determined they were to hit a target. >> it definitely was an outsider, or we would know more information. >> it's crazy we have kids. it's suppose to be a family oriented neighborhood. >> it's making its way up, all the gun violence and riff raff. >> police don't know who the intended target was and they are trying to figure out the motive for this shooting here this afternoon. live in upper dublin township, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." when following a breaking story, where a group of people on dirt bikes are creating

dangerous conditions on the roadways, this is the scene from chopper 6 hd, this group made its way through much of philadelphia through olney and hunting park and they just passed broad and temple university. they learned that many of these riders were at a funeral for a fellow dirt bikers, who was killed in the shooting last week. the police understand they were paying respects to their friend but now the activity of going in and out of traffic is unsafe for other drivers. police say they will not chase them but will try to get them off the streets. meantime, authorities at monroe county are investigating another reported sighting of eric frein, it continues to paralyze the communities there and "action news" reporters walter perez is live in swift water, pennsylvania with the details. >> reporter: hi rick, the

progression of reported sightings indicates that eric frein is moving south but if that information is true, one thing is for sure this alleged cop killer is tough to catch. >> they saw him near a clothing bin and an abandoned shack. investigators were responding to a tip that once again proved fruitless. michelle is wondering if he will ever be brought to justice. >> you always expect it to not be him or maybe he is still that smart, and he gets out quick. i don't know. >> eric frein, of course, is the man wants for murdering a state police officer and wounded another four weeks ago. the manhunt is centered here in swistd water, 20 miles away from blooming grove where the murder

took places. now they surround pocono mountain east high school, where the latest sighting took place. the schools are closed here and sporadic road closures, people are on edge. >> that includes michael's 90-year-old mother. >> i took her out for pizza and she is paranoid. and we have to look in the closets because the lights are on. >> they hope that the favorite winter conditions will work on the side of police. >> think weather is on their side and i think is he enjoying every minute of this, i think that is the unfortunate part. >> once again we are at the center of a new search center where two credible sightings took lace, one near pocono mountain high school and one at the post office a mile away and that was yesterday still the search for eric frein continues.

walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. of course we are following the continuing developments on 6abc.com, for the search for eric frein as it continues, and our interview with the woman that may have come face-to-face with the alleged cop killer and the man that had police swarm his home during the manhunt. a teenager accused of being a ring leader on the main line has pleaded guilty, 18-year-old timothy brooks of villanova earned the guilty plea in norristown this morning. he and neil scott are accused of taking control of the drug trade at local high schools and colleges, brooks could face jail time. pennsylvania governor, tom corbett, signed into law a bill strengthening the rights of crime victims.

this after mumia abu-jamal. the revictimization act was taped after a speech he gave behind bars earlier this month, it offers new protection for victims of crime and he was convicted of killing philadelphia police officer, daniel faulkner, and his widow spoke out during the signing. >> to be in your car driving along in california, to hear him doing commencements speeches or his face on the wall or movies, it really, it rips off a scab and it's hard to continue to move on in life. >> civil rights groups say the law violates the right to free speech. one man is in custody in the hunting park section, philadelphia please responded to north darien street at 1:30 this morning someone fired several

shots and nobody was hurt and some bullets went inside of nearby homes and police located the gunman and took him into custody. malala yousafzai will receive the liberty medal tonight and her story is an incredible one and before she receives the reward, malala will talk one-on-one with our own jim gardner and now he has a preview. >> reporter: there are unusual things happening here tonight. for the first time in the history of this event, it's all taking place underneath one big massive tent. the liberty metal ceremony is taking place later, about a month, they were concerned about potential cold and rain but as it happens, it's beautiful outside. more importantly its the first time that the liberty medal is going to a teenager, who just happens to have won the nobel

peace prize 11 days ago. malala yousafzai has been fighting for the rights of children and the rights of girls to go to school in her native pakistan since she was 11 years old, she has become a compelling spokesperson for girls everywhere. >> i have rights, the right of owed case and right to play and right to sing and right to talk and right to go to market and right to speak up. >> but on october 9th, 2012, a taliban gunman intent on silencing her burst on to her school bus and shot her in the head. >> it went in here and down my neck and into my shoulder. >> malala's close brush with death had a different affect. it introduced this teenager to the world and the world heard her message, that all girls have

a right to go to school. >> they can only kill malala, but that does not mean they can kill my cause, my cause is education, my cause of peace and human rights and my cause of equality, will still be surviving, they cannot kill my cause. >> an extraordinary young woman, 17-year-old malala yousafzai, from the village in swat valley in pakistan, they will be here in a couple of hours to accept the liberty medal for the year 2014. i expect to have an opportunity to sit down with her for a one-on-one interview scheduled at 5:45 and we'll broadcast that on "action news" tomorrow night. and hopefully sharrie williams can get a snippet of that tonight. and can you watch the entire

ceremony at 6abc.com. >> thank you jim. can you see the entire liberty medal presentation on 6abc.com tonight beginning at 7:00, we'll broadcast the ceremony on 6 abc on sunday november 9th at 5:00 p.m. a check now of the "action news" traffic report tuesday nitd. matt pellman is in the traffic center with the latest. >> a few traffic troubles, one is here along 202 in chester county, it's a crash southbound entering the crash zone and 401 but in the last few minutes the last vehicles pulled away, everything is open now, and you can see it's crowded now approaching 29 and 401, we are on the move to hatfield middle school and cople road, a crash in newcastle along 13 between 40 and wilson drive. meanwhile, if you are out and about on the a.c. expressway,

good news for you, a tuesday in october, that means you are not paying the tolls at the egg harbor and pleasantville toll plaza, we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> i thought it was every night, i am in trouble. more to come on "action news" tuesday night. new information on the investigation into the entero virus that killed a new jersey preschooler, an update on the health of his classmate that became sick. mild temperatures and clouds are building and i'm tracking much cooler weather along with showers in the accuweather forecast. >> all right cecily. >> plus, oscar pistorius learns his punishment. >> those stories and more when "action news" at 5:00 continues. ♪ music

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roberts asked about the cdc's new guidelines. >> it your family and the family of all care givers a little disturbed that the cdc didn't put this protocol into place sooner. >> it is concerning more than anything, i'm so relieved it's in place now. it should help ensure that know one has to endure what amber and nina have to go through with her families. it's difficult. >> the cdc says they have to wear protective care with no skin exposed and rigorous training for putting on and taking off the gear and a trained monitor and the hospital must have an on site ebola manager. meanwhile in west africa there are small signs of progress.

tons of food, water and supplies are coming in, going out to people in the affected countries. while this gets up and running. >> that is progress but there is still a long way to go in west africa, so far more than 4500 people have died since the outbreak started there, health experts agree in order to prevent cases here they have to stop the outbreak there. rick and monica -- >> thank you, a popular resource helping students prepare for college for a quarter century now is getting bigger and better, a step up to college guide is marking its anniversary with an all new online edition this morning. i helped to moderate the program and it was created by the non-profit organization, that mentors futures for kids that have dreams of going to college and may not be able to afford

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time for accuweather, cecily tynan is here now. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that most of our viewing area it's a quiet day, a mixture of clouds and sunshine, however ocean county was the focus of the rain and storm tracker 6 live is showing we have an area of heavy downpours across the garden state parkway route 1 from forked river to seaside heights, this is building from the main batch that moved through earlier, no lightning strikes but this is heave dwri rain. however, i want to show you video, this was shot by "action news" photographer brian, and it was from mantoloking earlier today, where it was not only heavy thunderstorms, look at that, hail across the region, an inch to inch and a half of rain, this was an isolated batch of

thunderstorms, brick reporting dime size hail and toms river and point pleasant pea size hail and seaside heights spotting a waterspout, it doesn't cause damage, it was a real isolated area of severe weather, philadelphia is at 68 degrees and we hit 70 earlier. and sea isle city is 67 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing low pressure across pennsylvania and this is heading to the east, and this will form another low pressure off the delmarva, and it will sit there until thursday afternoon, this will keep us unsettled. future tracker showing us at 11:30 tonight, a few areas of thunderstorms near trenton and dover, and 6:30 in the morning we'll see more widespread showers and thunderstorms and it

won't be lasting all day long and in the afternoon the focus is shifting along the coast and plenty of clouds and a lot cooler as well. this is what to expect tomorrow. periods of rain tomorrow, a half inch to inch and winds out of the north-northeast at 30 miles per hour, temperatures only in the 50s, today you didn't need a jacket but tomorrow you will. cloudy and cool with periods of rain and the high only 59 degrees, we drop to 57 on thursday and feeling cooler with the winds, some morn can showers and then we begin to dry out. look at this, this is great timing, friday breaks of sunshine and 64 and temperatures in the mid to upper 60s over the weekend, good amount of sunshine and breezy. can we get the weather going into next week, adam joseph will have the answer in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily. quick break and more news in o

"action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, rick williams and monica malpass.

hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. he was found guilty of killing his girlfriend on valentine's day last year. today oscar pistorius learned his fate in a courtroom. and we are just a few week as way from the midterm elections as the battle over new jersey's third congressional bat simone legree heating up. now oscar pistorius is sentenced to five years behind bars, he did not react during proceedings, he was found guildy of killing girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. karen travers says both sides accept the punishment. >> this police van took oscar pistorius away from court to central prison. >> the sentence that is fair and just, both to society and