Right now on Connecticut's news station,
a Saturday soaker. But the rain is moving
out and sunshine moves in for Sunday.
We'll track it hour by hour ahead.
Plus three people are in the hospital
after a late night shooting in Hamden.
We're bringing you the latest
from police and how their
investigation is going tonight.
And a local farm has some iconic
characters pilfered overnight.
We'll take you down to Wallingford,
where an owner is fed up his decorations.
Keep going. Missing now at 10.
This is FOX 61,
Connecticut's news station.
Good evening and thanks for joining us.
I'm Carmen Chao, our top story tonight.
No one likes rain on a Saturday,
but the state was certainly
in need of a downpour.
The rain has been steadily
coming down all afternoon.
This video was shot in Wallingford
earlier when the rain was extra heavy.
Let's toss it over to
meteorologist Ryan Bretton.
Ryan, I'll take this rain because it
means washing all the pollen off my car,
that's for sure. Carmen,
the lawns of the gardens, needed to,
and it has been a good soaking.
All day long we've had this band of rain
that's been working across the state
now actually beginning to move out,
but there are still a few
showers back to the West,
which will come through after midnight.
It is starting to dry out in
central and western Connecticut,
but still raining quite hard
in eastern parts of the state,
especially near the Rhode Island border.
Downpours coming through Griswold,
Ledger, Plainfield and this is
all moving to the northeast.
It is also humid tonight.
Dew points are up in the 60s so
it hasn't been a chilly rain,
it's been a mild and muggy rain.
The dew points will be coming
down tonight though.
So while it is a little bit
uncomfortable for sleeping
because we're not used to this,
it will feel drier by morning.
So the heaviest rain moving out
over the next couple of hours,
but still a couple more showers.
Will be around after midnight
tomorrow morning.
Less humid temperatures will
be in the 50s to start,
and then we'll have a mix of
clouds and sunshine tomorrow,
with temperatures getting back
into the lower 70s in most places.
But there may be some wildfire
smoke that blows overhead and adds
a little haze to the sun at times,
so we'll call it a mix of
sunshine and clouds.
At other times it may be a little bit
more of a duller sun with some of
that wildfire smoke blowing through.
We'll talk a lot more about the forecast
ahead and look at some impressive
rain totals from today coming up.
Carmen,
thanks Ryan. We are following some breaking
news in New Haven. Right now,
New Haven firefighters have to respond
to a water rescue near Townsend Ave.
For now, we have no information on
if there were any injuries or if
people were on board and happened
about 100 yards from shore.
We'll bring you any new details on air
and online when they become available.
And staying in New Haven County,
Hampton police are investigating after
a shooting late Friday night that
sent three people to the hospital.
It happened on Goodrich St.
and while details remain limited,
police are still hard at work trying to
piece together exactly what happened.
Fox 61 Jake Garcia is live in Hampden
with the latest on the investigation.
Jake.
Well Carmen, it started just before
11:30 Friday night when officers
were called to Goodrich St.
for reports of multiple shots fired.
When they arrived they found multiple
shell casings between Butler St.
and Shelton Ave.
Now a short time later,
officers were notified 2 gunshot victims
had arrived at Yale New Haven Hospital.
As police were still on scene investigating,
they were called to a short distance away
for a third victim that was injured in the
shooting who was taken to the hospital.
At last check, at least one of the
victims was treated and released.
The two other victims remain
in the hospital now.
The extent of their injuries
are currently unknown.
A police presence worse was still
active today from time to time
as we were there earlier today.
Right now,
not a whole lot of new information
coming out of the Hampden Police
Department about this situation,
but we're going to continue to follow it.
They say their Major Crimes
Unit is investigating.
Anyone with information is
asked to call Hampden police.
We're live in Hampden.
Jake Garcia Fox 61,
Connecticut's news station.
Thank you Jake. And
now new tonight, firefighters in
Marlboro put out a brush fire
just past 9:00 this morning.
They say it happened near the
area of Flood and Lewis roads.
The chief of the Marlboro Fire Department
says a 50 by 100 foot piece of land
was on fire and it spread quickly.
Thankfully, they were able to put it out
before any other parts of land went ablaze.
You tonight, Connecticut Food Share got
some major help today as the nonprofit
works to knock hunger out of the park.
We are purchasing more food than we have
ever purchased before because the need is
so great and and the the the government
subsidy is not what it was before.
Thousands of people failed Dunkin'
Donuts Park in Harford for the
40th annual Walk Against Hunger.
The walk raises funds and awareness about
food insecurity throughout Connecticut.
Money Raised supports the network of
hunger relief organizations that provide
food to the estimated 400,000 people
struggling with hunger in our state.
There's more than sixty of our pantries
across the state of Connecticut
that have chosen to to raise money
through this through this program.
So our goal is that by the
end of the day we're going to,
we're going to raise more than
$400,000 for us and for our
pantries across Connecticut.
That should translate to about 800,000 meals.
We're from the Bridgeport area,
Fairfield County and we
grow our own vegetables,
our own farm lettuce and tomatoes,
strawberries you never were doing.
If you're looking for help from Food Share,
you can find more information on
the links page of our website
fox61.com and also new tonight.
The Beaumont Farm in Wallingford
is known for its decorations and
recently one of their beloved sets
had to be taken down after one of
their life-size M&M's were stolen.
FOX 61's Jay Garcia filed this report
earlier in the night and has the story.
Beaumont Farms in Wallingford is known
for its plants and their decorations.
This spring, owner Bill Beaumont planted a
lively set of characters on the corner M&M's.
But one day something was different.
Look down from the corner
and one wasn't there.
His yellow female M&M was gone.
But then a few days later,
car pulls in and is yelling,
hey, they're stealing the M&M's,
they're stealing the M&M's.
And so we yelled down.
They dropped it.
Someone almost got away
with his new purple M&M.
Bill has this to say to
the person who has it,
please bring it back.
Don't care that
you did it, if it was a prank,
if it was something for fun or
whatever, just bring it back.
The kids are going to miss it.
It's all built for the kids.
Bill is not just good with plants,
He makes these life-size
treats by hand. Never believed this
is actually fleas. We painted up and
there you go and make some shoes
and some arms. But if you take a
bite, you might be disappointed.
And there's no chocolate or peanuts in them
in Wallingford. Jake Garcia,
FOX 61 Connecticut's news station.