Right now, it's 6:00. O'clock.
One man is in custody. He's accd
of a murder in Hartford. We'll l
you what we know this morning
and this morning, we're taking
a closer look at pedestrian
deaths in our state, what
officials are doing to take actn
on the rising number of deaths. Plus,
heavy rain overnight caused a fd
situation for some people in Roy
Hill. Those stories and more
right here. Right now, it's six,
all local, all morning. This is Fox 61,
Connecticut's news station.
1st at six Happy Independence Day everyone.
It's been 247
years since our country declared
independence. Of course,
never looking back since.
Yeah, we are glad you are here
spending the 4th with us here
on Fox 61. I'm Tim Lammers
and America areas.
Hopefully the communities
with fireworks shows.
Plan tonight we'll be able
to have them thinking.
What I've been hearing is that
the rain is going to sort of
wind down in the evening.
I hope. Let's get over to
meteorologist Rachel Piscatella
for your Independence
Day forecast. Good morning.
Hey, good morning.
So we are expecting some scatted
showers and storms today,
but we are trending in the right
direction towards the evening h.
Yesterday's event was really centered
around the evening and overnight
and I think today will be cented
around the morning and afternoo.
Noticing right now a couple of spotty
showers in Northwestern Connect,
it's pretty manageable but.
Off to the West of us,
we're watching this cluster of
thunderstorms and rain that will likely
move into northwestern Connectit
in the next 40 to 45 minutes.
You'll see some rain up towards
Heartland Sharon this morning,
but it's manageable now with red
visibility in spots 3 miles in Oxford,
Chester down to zero.
Our temperatures are starting off in the 60s,
in the 70s,
very similar to where we have been the
last several days with higher humidity.
Our humidity is staying elevated today,
so shower chances for this morng
and into the afternoon as temperatures
range in the 80s across the.
And then as we get closer to 8:00 PM,
we're drying out.
So fireworks should be okay.
Temperatures spread 77 to about4
degrees tonight. We're down into the 60s.
We're drying out.
Heading into the evening tonight
and into tomorrow.
But we're cranking up the heat.
The humidity stays.
We'll talk about that.
Our first heat wave potential on the way.
Coming up,
Lauren.
All right. Time to get a check t
on the roadways as of right now.
Good morning to you, Rachel.
Good morning, everyone.
602 here on your Tuesday on you.
Independence Day Happy 4th of J.
No major crashes or incidents to report,
but we are following one crash up in Windsor.
Route 75 is currently closed.
It's been closed since
about 10:30 last night.
It's closed at Saka Circle because of
a car that hit into a utility p.
The pole came down, some wires came down.
So it has been a pretty
lengthy closure at this point.
We are working to get more
information on this and of coure
we'll bring it to you here on a,
online, on the Fox 61 News app d
then around the capital city 91.
For Route 2, all looking good,
very light volume out there.
We aren't expecting a ton of volume out
on the roadways this morning for 4th of July.
So if you are heading somewhere
now is a good time.
Any part of the morning is like I said 9184.
Route 2.
All looking good.
Taking a live look out in Middletown.
Things are moving smoothly out there.
Very light volume out there.
New Haven drive times we are starting
to see a little bit of delay.
New Haven at Bridgeport.
It'll take you about 28 minutes
to get from point A to point B
but as we take a live look out
in Bridgeport you can see it is
smooth sailing out on I-95.
I'll check back in on the roads
coming up at 6:30.
Tim and Erica happy
4th of July to both of you. Thank you.
And to you too. Well, Hartford
police are busy. Unfortunately,
they're investigating 4 shootinn
the span of just the past four .
The most recent one
resulted with a man dying.
Police do have a suspect in cus.
Fox 6 ones. Brooke Griffin is
live at the Hartford Police
Department with a breakdown of e
violent weekend for good mornin.
Good morning to you both.
Hartford Police tell us they've taken
Jordan Green, also known as Jordan Hill,
into custody for shooting
and killing a man yesterday.
He's now facing a 14 various charges,
one of them this morning, including murder.
Now Hartford police say that he shot Gregory
Betsy multiple times yesterday morning
behind an apartment complex on Prospect Ave.
Betsy later died from his
injuries at the hospital.
Detectives say surveillance
video showed them exact.
Actually, what happened?
And led them straight to
the suspect also happening?
Early yesterday morning,
a shooting victim flagged down
police on Wethersfield Ave.
but there's no update on
his current condition.
Then on Saturday,
police received a shots fired
report near Homestead Ave.
Shortly after that that report,
two men showed up at the
hospital with gunshot wounds.
Both of them are expected to be Okay.
Community violence prevention
leaders say they're working to
combat the negativity in our ci.
Intervention is always importand
we strive to connect with our community
before any of the negativity happens.
Connect with families, connect with youth,
connect with community residents
and really weave, if you will,
as support network for families,
for children, for community.
And homicide suspect Jordan Gre,
also known as Jordan Hill,
is expected to be in court tomorrow morning.
There, he's going to face
those various charges,
including charges of murder,
drug and weapons offenses,
live in Hartford, Brooke and FO,
Connecticut's news station.
All right, Brooke,
thank you all new this morning .
Coming out of Rocky Hill,
several people were forced out n
apartment complex after it floo.
Firefighters responded to
Cedar Hollow Apartments.
Now they say an artificial embankment
broke out of construction site
near here and that caused water
to gush towards the apartment.
So we're not sure the full
extent of the damage,
but it was bad enough that some people
could not stay out there overni.
A new report highlighting A troubling
trend on America's roadways is
raising some concern during this
busy holiday travel weekend.
Yeah, the reports show that pedestrian
deaths across the nation are now
projected to be at a 41 year hi.
And the numbers are also on thee
here in Connecticut.
560 One's Angelo Bavaro joins
us live along the Berlin
Turnpike in Wethersfield to
break those numbers down.
Tim, Erica, good morning.
And according to that report,
our state is 1 of 22 that saw this increase
in pedestrian deaths from 2021 to 2022.
The Department of Transportation
telling me that last year was one of the
deadliest on record here in Connecticut.
For pedestrians and also driver.
Now this report.
This was done by the Governor's.
Safety Association.
And take a look at these number.
The numbers show in 11%
increase in pedestrian deaths in
Connecticut from 2021 to 2022.
That means 62 deaths were reported last year.
Now it's hard to pinpoint what
specifically is causing this ri,
but State police and the dot they point
to factors like distracted driv.
Impaired driving and speeding Se
lawmakers also taking notice and action.
They passed a road safety vision
zero bill this past session.
Now measures in that bill,
they include education campaigns
around drug driving and also allowing
towns and cities to install red
light and speed cameras with the
approval of the local governmen.
But I I think there are many otr
parts in our transportation committee
that want to look at Traffic Sa,
one of which is looking
at blood alcohol content,
utilization of alcohol and canns
on our roadways that impact.
We also have unfortunately
one of the highest incidence
of wrong way driving deaths,
literally a a a 500%
increase from past years.
The dot telling me their work on this
issue includes projects like reducing some
multiple lane roadways into one lane,
changing pedestrian signalizati,
adding more lighting to sidewalks and
crosswalks and raising crosswalks as well.
State police also launching ther
own initiatives regarding this issue.
We'll talk more about that
coming up in the next hour.
You're live in Wethersfield this morning.
I'm Angelo Bavar, FOX 61,
Connecticut's news station.
Angelo, thank you for that repo.
All right, 608 right now.
And in Manchester,
a homeowner and his dog are luco
be alive after their home caught fire.
Now this happened at about 6:00
last night on Hartford Rd.
Crews knocked out the fire on te
second floor of the multifamily home.
Now fortunately no one was hurt.
The owner told us though he was
relieved when he saw firefightes
and rescued his fiveyearold dog Blue.
Well, I came home
and did the fire hit.
So I'm wondering what happened d
all I was worried about was the.
You know, as long as he's OK, I'm OK.
Oh, good thing Blue is OK.
He's still very happy there.
No word yet on what caused the .
All six people who lived inside
the home will now need to
find another place to stay.
Naugatuck Animal Control said a
dog that jumped from a moving cr
on Route 8 had to be put down.
They said its injuries were just too serious.
Police said two cars even crashd
after this dog jumped out of the
car Sunday afternoon and the car
jumped from didn't even stop.
So officers are still trying to
find the car and the dog's owner
and they're looking for a help
from any witnesses out there.
Waterbury police identified
a man who was shot and killed
while driving his car last week.
It said 35 year old Elliot Canales was shot
Friday morning near North Main Street.
His SUV crashed into a restaurant and
canals was found in the driver's seat.
Nobody else was hurt.
Police are still looking for the shooter.