Developing at 6,
an apartment complex taped off in Hamden.
What we're learning from police,
plus a tight knit community shaken up
after their first homicide of 2023,
where police stand on the investigation,
plus a very active weather pattern continues.
Another storm affecting part of the
weekend and there's another one next week.
The latest ahead, plus a historic
home goes up in flames at UConn.
It's the oldest structure on campus.
What's left behind?
In its place.
And early voting,
a wider window to cast your ballot.
I would love to maximize that.
And I think we can do it.
The timeline recommended tonight.
And helping fight food insecurity.
Capital City kids taking the lead.
Fox 61 News at six starts now.
Good evening and thanks for joining
us for the news at 6. I'm Brent Hart
and I'm Jen Bernstein. We are
following developing news tonight.
At least one person hurt after
a multi town shooting
spree. Fox 61, Matt Karen is
live in Hamden now to tell us
what we know at this point. Matt.
Yeah, hi guys. We are live here
at the entrance to the Mather St.
Apartments in Hampton.
This is where at around noon,
residents here got a message saying
that they needed to shelter in place.
When we arrived here,
police were taping off the area.
Detectives were placing evidence markers
on the ground and taking photographs
of several shell casings in the road.
This appears to be where a shooting
spree between two vehicles that were
driving at a high rate of speed.
Through the streets of Hamden and New Haven.
Ultimately a 20 year old New Haven man
was shot and taken to the hospital.
We also know that there was
a second seam on Arch St.
in Hamden, just a few minutes from Mather St.
that's where a silver Nissan
4 door sedan crashed.
The airbags were deployed.
That car was towed away.
What's not exactly clear yet
is where all this started,
the exact route that was traveled,
or what led up to this. It does.
Appear to be a targeted incident.
We're told that there is no
further danger to the public,
but it did certainly disrupt operations
at several area businesses and
schools in the area were also put on
lockdown for a brief period of time.
This incident comes just one day
after Hampton held a community
forum to address a rise in crime.
We're at that forum we learned that
the Hampton Police Department is
severely kneecapped and understaffed
in regards to their police ranks.
They only have about 76 officers able
to patrol the streets here in Hamden.
That should be a number that is over 100.
We'll continue to follow this story,
gather any further details and,
of course, bring them straight to you.
We're live here in Hamden.
Matt. Karen.
Fox 61 news.
All right, Matt. Thank you.
Well, we are following some breaking news.
Middletown police say that multiple
arrests are going to be made after a
fight broke out at the high school
basketball game earlier this week.
The fight broke out after
a game between Weaver.
High School and Middletown
High School on Tuesday night,
the situation prompting Middletown
school officials to postpone the
games for the rest of the week.
No word yet on what started that brawl
or how many arrests will be made.
Meanwhile, multiple high schools were
put under enhanced security this morning,
and we're learning it was over what someone
thought was a threat of retaliation
stemming from that fight at a Middletown
high school basketball game earlier
this week that Jen just talked about.
Connecticut Tech schools were put
under the Secure school protocol.
This morning, it was lifted.
After the threat was found
to be not credible,
state police releasing a statement saying
out of an abundance of caution and to
enhance security for the Community,
law enforcement will be president at all
technical high school home basketball
games scheduled for this evening.
Well, we are also following breaking
news out of Shelton tonight.
Police have released body camera
footage from an arrest that was made
in December following calls from
the public to release that video.
Yeah, we do want to warn you,
you might find the video disturbing.
Fox 61 Gabby Molina is in the breaking news.
Center with the latest on this Gabby
Brent Jen Shelton police say on
December 29th they got an anonymous
call from someone worried about
another person's well-being.
The caller stated that they
got a text message from that
person with a code for help.
The caller explained to police that
the person is in a domestic situation.
Shelton police released 2 body
camera videos from what followed
and again we do want to warn you,
you may find it disturbing.
Officers arrived to a home and faint
arguing can be heard through the door
when officers knock on the door a man.
Identified as Gordon,
Cole answers the door for about 10 minutes.
Officers tried to get him to
come talk to them outside as they
explained why they were called to
the home and that they're concerned
about the other person safety.
At one point,
it does appear that an officer
pushes cold towards the door.
There does appear to be another adult
and children in the home at the time.
Eventually,
officers tell Cole they believe that
he's violating a protective order and
attempt to take him into custody.
About 20 minutes after officers arrived,
things began to escalate when officers
tried to place coal in handcuffs.
Cough.
Resistant.
San Francisco.
Officers get him out of
the home and into a police
cruiser a few minutes later.
Black Lives Matter 86-O is among
the groups who are calling for that
body camera footage to be released.
The vice president of the group
says they wanted transparency and
they are concerned about some of the
things they saw in those videos.
We had concerns because Mr.
Cole, if he did need to be restrained,
was restrained into a pliable couch
that did impede his breathing rather
than being taken down to the floor,
which might be customary.
Cole is facing several
charges for the incident,
including interfering with an officer,
risk of injury to a child and seven
counts of violating a protective
order in the breaking NEWS
CENTER Gabby Molina, Fox 61 news.
Gabby, thank you.
Waterbury police have now identified
the man killed in that city's
first deadly shooting of the year.
Police say 35 year old Edward,
both Sunpro, was shot in the common
area of a multifamily home on Robin St.
after getting into a fight
with another man there.
Residents say this violence is regular there,
and one woman who does not live
in the area but was staying
with her mom last night,
said she was shocked by
her mother's reaction.
She didn't even bat an eye.
I was looking at her crazy, like,
Oh my God, that was gunshots.
And she was like, yeah, it happens.
Still no word yet on a suspect this evening.
If you know anything about what happened,
give Waterbury police a call.
Hi everybody. Meteorologist Ryan
Breton in for Rachel on this Friday.
Weather around here today kind of
dreary with a couple of showers.
This on the backside of yesterday's
storm which is now swirling up over
the Canadian Maritimes around here.
Couple of showers for the most part
these have been drying up but there are
a few more forming 1 sprinkle around
Manchester and another little shower which
could have some snow actually in it.
Moving into Litchfield County around
Warren and Kent right now but.
Temperatures are above freezing,
so not much of a concern for any impact.
And actually at the shoreline we're
still in the low 40s right now,
so through the rest of the night
there may be a random shower,
otherwise a lot of clouds with
temperatures dropping down into the
upper 20s and low 30s during the day.
Tomorrow, a cloudy start to your Saturday,
but we'll develop some sunshine.
Temperatures getting to around 40
and with a light wind not feeling
so bad during the day.
Tomorrow we're dry during the day on Sunday,
but the next storm moves in
around sunset Sunday night.
And it also looks pretty wet.
We'll go through it hour by hour coming
out. Alright Ryan, thank you.
A man was detained by civilians on
I-84 this afternoon after he tried
to run from a crash and attempted
to carjacked multiple cars,
including a tractor trailer.
State police say Francisco Rosario
tried to carjacked 3 cars that
were passing by on the eastbound
lane side of the highway.
I should say.
They say he then crossed into
the westbound lanes and tried
to carjacked a tractor trailer.
Police say he was detained by people
there until officers could take him.
Into custody
investigators are now working
to find out what started a fire
at Uconn's oldest building.
Officials say that that fire at
the historic Whitney House started
around 6:00 o'clock this morning.
They say that when fire crews arrived,
the house was engulfed
in flames. School officials
say the building hasn't been used
for anything in several years.
It just now sits as a historic site on
Mirror Lake for students and staff to enjoy.
It's the oldest structure on campus,
so this historical value to it.
But the good news is that. It was
an unoccupied house.
There were no nobody living
here and no university
offices were located there, so there's
no there's no worry about that.
Investigators say they are working
to find out what happened and will
give an update as soon as they can.
New details now on a deadly
hit and run in East Hartford.
Police have now identified the victim
as 70 year old George Tequia Shire.
The crash happened near Pitkin and Main
streets around 9:30 Wednesday night and
police are still looking for a suspect.
They're looking for a car
described as a silver Hyundai.
Contra or Sonata between the model
Years 2011 and 2016 with damage
to the front and driver's side.
Well, new tonight. The process is
underway right now to implement
early voting right here in Connecticut.
And secretary of the state Stephanie
Thomas presenting the legislature
with recommendations and a new
report studying early voting.
Fox 61's political reporter Emma
Woodforest spoke with Secretary Thomas.
She joins us in studio with what
the secretary had to say. Emma
Jen Brent. Connecticut is only one
of four states without early voting,
but that will soon change.
Residents passed an amendment in November.
Changing the state constitution to
allow the legislature to pass laws
to implement early in person voting.
Now lawmakers are deciding what that
will actually look like in Connecticut.
The legislature and the people of
Connecticut want a program that is
implemented in a way that is very safe
and secure and that they can trust.
Secretary Thomas gave the state
legislature a new report Thursday,
along with recommendations for how to
implement early voting in this state.
There's this thought out there that
early voting looks like Election Day,
where every polling place is open,
but no one does it that way.
A big question mark for legislators.
Just how many days early will people be
allowed to start voting in Connecticut?
The report from the Center for
Election Innovation and Research
outlines 4 early in person voting
models of six, 910 or 14 days.
Thomas is recommending the 10 day period
that enables us to include two weekends,
and based on all of my conversations
with voters, the weekend
accessibility is what they want.
Multiple early voting bills have already
been proposed and sent to the government
administration and Elections Committee.
They varied from as little as two
days all the way up to 30 days,
I think is the biggest
proposal we've seen so far.
But it's not just about the number of days.
Thomas also urging the legislature
to provide enough funding for
municipalities to implement the program.
There's a lot to think about.
It's it's certainly a process that
we have to do a deep dive into.
And there's a bit of a ticking
clock here. Thomas asking the Legislature
pass a bill no later than March 31st.
She wants enough time for
towns to prepare ahead
of the November 2023 elections. But
the elections committee yet to
have a substantive meeting.
Lawmakers tell me they should have bill
proposals ready for public hearings
in February. Jen Brent.