FROM.
FROM. THIS IS AN EYEWITNESS NEWS UPDATE. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
IT IS MONDAY. APRIL 24TH. I'M
NICOLE NALEPA IN HERE ARE YOUR
TOP STORIES STARTING YOU IN
EASTFORD THIS MORNING WHERE
INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY
CAUSED THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
THERE TO BURN RIGHT TO THE
GROUND. WE FIRST BROUGHT THIS TO
YOU AS BREAKING NEWS SUNDAY
MORNING, CREWS TELL US THAT THEY
KNEW THE CHURCH WAS SIMPLY TOO
FAR GONE BY THE TIME THEY
ARRIVED AT AROUND FOUR AM BY
EIGHT A.M. THE BUILDING WAS
LEVELED, FORCING THE
CONGREGATION INTO A NEARBY
SCHOOL GYMNASIUM FOR MASS AS
THEY SHARE MEMORIES AND TOOK
COMFORT IN ONE ANOTHER. THE
CHURCH IS A TOOL, BUT IT'S NOT
THAT IT'S NOT THE MAIN EVENT.
THE MAIN EVENT IS THE FOLKS AND
WE'RE GONNA BE TOGETHER. IT IS
GOING TO LIVE ON WITH ALL OF
THESE PEOPLE. THIS IS NOT THE
END IS ANOTHER CHAPTER.
FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS HURT IN
THAT FIRE, AND THE WORK IS BEING
DONE RIGHT NOW TO FIGURE OUT HOW
IT STARTED, SO WE'LL BE SURE TO
KEEP YOU UPDATED ON AIR AND ON
THE CHANNEL THREE UP AS WE LEARN
MORE AND A MAN IS DEAD AFTER HE
WAS STRUCK BY A DRIVER IN
HARTFORD LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
POLICE ARE NOW SEARCHING FOR THE
DRIVER WHO LEFT THE SCENE. THEY
TELL US THE VICTIM WAS A MAN IN
HIS THIRTIES, AND WE KNOW THAT
HE WAS HIT RIGHT AT THE
INTERSECTION OF FARMINGTON
AVENUE AND GILLET STREET. A MAN
DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. IF YOU
HAVE ANY INFORMATION, PLEASE
GIVE HARTFORD POLICE A CALL. AND
TO NEW HAVEN NOW WHERE WE ARE
COMING OFF OF QUITE A VIOLENT
WEEKEND THERE. POLICE HAVE HAD
THEIR HANDS FULL INVESTIGATING
THREE DIFFERENT SHOOTINGS THAT
TOOK PLACE WITHIN THE SPAN OF 24
HOURS. WOMAN WOMAN WAS SHOT DEAD
ON SALTONSTALL AVENUE EARLY
YESTERDAY MORNING AND WE'RE TOLD
THAT ONE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED
IN THAT SHOOTING. A SECOND WOMAN
WAS SHOT AT WHAT POLICE SAY WAS
A STUNT DRIVING SHOW AT A BEST
BUY PARKING LOT. LASTLY A MAN
WAS SHOT ON HUNTINGTON'S STREET.
HE AND THAT LAST WOMAN ARE
EXPECTED TO SURVIVE, AND NO
ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN EITHER
OF THOSE SHOOTINGS AND NEW THIS
MORNING, ONE MONTH AFTER A
DEADLY CRASH ON THE HUTCHINSON
RIVER PARKWAY LEFT FIVE KIDS
DEAD. THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS
NOW INTO THE ONGOING
INVESTIGATION INTO THAT FAMILY'S
BACKGROUND. INVESTIGATORS ARE
LEARNING MORE ABOUT CHILD
WELFARE VISITS THAT WERE MADE TO
THAT FAMILY. THE CONNECTICUT
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES SAID THAT THEY PAID A
COURTESY VISIT TO INTERVIEW THE
KIDS JUST LAST MONTH. NOW WE ARE
ALSO LEARNING THAT POLICE ARE
NOW LOOKING AT SURVEILLANCE
VIDEO FROM THE NEW JERSEY
SHOPPING CENTER THAT SHOWS THE
KIDS, POSSIBLY PAN HANDLING.
MOVING DOWN TO BRIDGEPORT'S,
WHERE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A
SUSPECT WANTED IN AN ARMED
ROBBERY THAT TOOK PLACE LAST
MONTH. TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT YOUR
SCREEN RIGHT NOW. THIS IS THE
MAN WHO POLICE ARE SEARCHING
FOR. THEY SAY THAT HE MAY HAVE
TIES TO STANFORD OR THE
FAIRFIELD COUNTY REGION. SO IF
YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION IF YOU
YOU KNOW WHO? THIS MAN? MAYBE
PLEASE GIVE BRIDGEPORT POLICE A
CALL. AND A CONNECTICUT MAN IS
IN CUSTODY, WAITING FOR
EXTRADITION AFTER THREATENING TO
KILL A FLORIDA SHERIFF, POLICE
SAY 23 YEAR OLD CHRISTIAN ZAPATA
MADE THREATS ON OUR WEBSITE
CALLED FOUR CHAN SAYING QUOTE I
WILL KILL CHITWOOD, MARK MY
WORDS, THE PATTY'S SISTER, WHO
HE WAS LIVING WITH TOLD POLICE
THAT HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
ONLINE PARTICIPATING IN
EXTREMIST CHAT ROOMS. SHE ALSO
CLAIMS THAT HER BROTHER WAS
FASCINATED WITH HITLER AND NOW
TO BRIDGEPORT'S POLICE AGAIN ARE
SEARCHING FOR AN ARMED ROBBERY
SUSPECT. WE JUST SHOWED YOU THIS
VIDEO AND OF COURSE WE HAVE ALL
THE INFORMATION ON THIS ON OUR
WEBSITE AND THE CHANNEL THREE
OUT VERY HANDY, AND THAT ALSO
COMES IN HANDY WITH THE WEATHER.
SO SCOTT, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT
TODAY? I THINK WE CAN EXPECT A
PRETTY GOOD DAY OF WEATHER.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TEMPERATURES
THAT ARE GOING TO BE TOPPING OUT
IN THE UPPER FIFTIES TO NEAR 60
A LITTLE BIT BELOW AVERAGE. THE
NORMAL HIGH FOR THIS TIME OF
YEAR IS ABOUT 65. WE'RE GOING TO
SEE A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD
COVERAGE. EACH AND EVERY
AFTERNOON THIS WEEK AS THERE IS
SOME INSTABILITY IN THE
ATMOSPHERE IS, UM A HUGE AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE TO OUR NORTH AND
WEST, AND THERE'S SOME COLD AIR
ALOFT. YOU GET SOME DAYTIME
HEATING BACK CREATES THE CLOUD
COVERAGE AND MAYBE EVEN A
PASSING SHOWER. BUT IN THE
MEANTIME, ARE DOPPLER SCANS THE
STATE DRY DO YOU WANT TO BRING
TO YOUR ATTENTION? A FROST
ADVISORY, IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
FAIRFIELD COUNTY, WITH THE
GROWING SEASON HAS BEGUN. THERE
IS A FROST ADVISORY. SO IF YOU
PUT THOSE PLANTS IN, YOU BETTER
PROTECT THEM TONIGHT THROUGH
TOMORROW MORNING, THERE WILL BE
FROST IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
STATE AS WELL BY TOMORROW
MORNING, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE
GROWING SEASON HAS BEGUN.
HARTFORD GOOD MORNING TO YOU 46
DEGREES WITH A MIXTURE OF SUN
AND CLOUDS, MOSTLY OVERCAST
CONDITIONS AND WINDSOR LOCKS
RIGHT NOW, WITH THE 43 DEGREE
TEMPERATURE THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE
TO AVERAGE 42 TYPICAL OVERNIGHT
LOW A LITTLE BIT OF FOG DOWN IN
SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT MYSTIC YOU
CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A GLOOMY
PICTURE THERE, BUT STILL PRETTY
AND THE ROADS ARE DRY. YOU'RE
GOOD TO GO THIS MORNING. THERE'S
THE VISIBILITY. GROTON YOU'RE UP
TO A MILE STILL LITTLE
TREPIDATIOUS DOWN THERE, SO JUST
BE CAREFUL DRIVING AROUND. I
BEAMS WON'T HELP BUT KEEP YOUR
HEADLIGHTS ON FOR SAFETY. ALL
RIGHT, HERE ARE THE NUMBERS
REMEMBER? 42 TYPICAL OVERNIGHT
LOW. WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT
THAT AVERAGE LITTLE BIT ABOVE IT
AND PARTS OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT
46 AT BRAINERD 43 IN MERIDEN, 45
IN CHESTER. UPPER THIRTIES,
THOUGH IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST
CONNECTICUT, SO A JACKET OR
SWEATSHIRT IS REQUIRED THIS
MORNING, AND YOU MIGHT NEED IT
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TODAY,
TEMPERATURES AGAIN ONLY CLIMBING
INTO THE MIDDLE OPERA FIFTIES
AND LOW 60 60 DEGREE MARK PRETTY
MUCH AN AVERAGE ACROSS THE STATE
. WE ARE DOWN ANYWHERE FROM 9 TO
17 DEGREES COOLER THAN 24 HOURS
AGO. THAT'S PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL
SO MUCH DIFFERENT DAY. MUCH
DIFFERENT START THAN YESTERDAY
WHEN WE HAD ALL THAT RAIN
YESTERDAY. WHOA WERE PICKED UP
THREE TO OVER FOUR INCHES OF
RAIN IN PARTS OF THE STATE. A
MONTH'S WORTH OF RAIN IN A DAY.
I WAS LIKE DELUGE, UH, SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. DURING THE
DAY. THE WINDS ARE FAIRLY CALM.
THE WINDS TREND TODAY IS THAT OF
THE WEST NORTHWEST FOR INLAND
CONNECTICUT UP TO SEVEN MILES AN
HOUR, NOT A BIG DEAL. MORE OF
THE SAME FOR THE IMMEDIATE
SHORELINE. YOU'LL NOTICE THE
WINDS ARE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST.
THAT'LL KEEP THE TEMPERATURES
THEY'RE LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN
WHERE WE'RE HEADED. INLAND
SATELLITE AND RADAR CONFIRMS IS
NOT A WHOLE LOT GOING ON OUT
THERE THIS MORNING. BUT TO OUR
NORTH AND WEST, THERE'S THAT
UPPER UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT
DISTURBANCE, YOU'LL SEE IT
COUNTERCLOCKWISE SPINNING
COUNTERCLOCKWISE SPINNING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES AND UP
INTO CANADA. AND THAT I COULD
TOUCH OFF SOME CLOUD COVERAGE
AND SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS JUST
ABOUT EACH AND EVERY DAY THROUGH
THE THURSDAY, SO KEEP THAT IN
MIND ALRIGHT. DAYTIME HIGHS
TODAY CLIMB INTO THE UPPER
FIFTIES TO NEAR 60, SUN AND
CLOUDS WITH AN AFTERNOON SHOWER
POSSIBLE. THE SUN IS UP IN THE
FIVE O'CLOCK HOUR. WHO 5 57
SUNSETS AT 7 41. AND THEN YOUR
SEVEN DAY FORECAST INCLUDES
PASSING SHRIMPS AND REPEAT
TOMORROW WEDNESDAY LOOKS PARTLY
TO MOSTLY SUNNY. NICE DAY.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
SOME MORE SHOWERS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON PARTIAL SUNSHINE
FRIDAY LOOKS GOOD SATURDAY,
MOSTLY CLOUDY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY. MORE SUBSTANTIAL RAIN IS
ON THE WAY ALRIGHT, JUST ABOUT
707. NICOLE WILL SEND IT BACK TO
YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANKS, SCOTT
AND HAPPENING TODAY, THE
PRESIDENT OF THE CONNECTICUT
STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
WILL BE SPEAKING TODAY ON THE
EFFECTS OF ITS PROPOSED STATE
BUDGET. SOME INSTITUTIONAL
LEADERS, LEGISLATORS, STUDENTS
AND STAFF SAY THAT THE NEW
BUDGET WOULD HAVE A DEVASTATING
EFFECT ON STATE SCHOOLS BY
CUTTING MUCH NEEDED FUNDS. THE
DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE AT 10
THIS MORNING, RIGHT OUTSIDE THE
CAPITOL, MOVING YOU NOW TO A
CONSUMER ALERT PRICE CHOPPER IS
ANNOUNCING A RECALL ON ITS 10
OUNCE PICKS. BRAND HONEY MUSTARD
PRETZEL TWISTS. THERE'S NOTHING
WRONG WITH THE PRODUCT THAT IS,
BUT IF YOU HAVEA FOOD ALLERGY,
YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO LISTEN
UP. THE COMPANY SAYS MILK
SOMEHOW MADE ITS WAY INTO A
BATCH OF THESE PRETZELS. WHICH
IS NOT NORMALLY LISTED ON THE
PACKAGING. SO AGAIN IF YOU HAVE
A MILK ALLERGY, FOR EXAMPLE. YOU
CAN RETURN THE BAG TO THE STORE
FOR A FULL REFUND. BUT IF YOU DO
NOT HAVE A MILK ALLERGY PRICE,
CHOPPER SAYS AGAIN, THERE IS NO
HEALTH RISK IN EATING THESE BAGS
OF PRESSEL'S, AND WE WANT TO
REMIND YOU ABOUT A VERY
IMPORTANT EVENT THAT'S TAKING
PLACE THIS WEEKEND THAT WE HOPE
YOU WILL JOIN US FOR THE
DENISE D'ASCENZO FOUNDATION IS
HOSTING A WALK TO CURE RARE
DISEASES. THIS SATURDAY, APRIL
29TH. IT'S A TWO MILE WALK ON
QUINNIPIAC'S CAMPUS, AND IT ALL
STARTS AT 10 A.M. BUT IF YOU
CAN'T JOIN IN PERSON, YOU CAN
ALWAYS WALK VIRTUALLY IN YOUR
OWN NAME. FOR HOOD. THE LINK TO
REGISTER IS UP ON THE CHANNEL
THREE APP OR ON OUR WEBSITE
WFSB.COM AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR TUNING INTO EYEWITNESS NEWS
ON THIS MONDAY MORNING.
REMEMBER, YOU CAN GET NEWS AND
WEATHER UPDATES ANYTIME ON THAT
CHANNEL THREE APP HAVE A GREAT
DAY, EVERYONE BE HEALTHY, STAY