WITNESS
WITNESS NEWS OFFICERS RUSHED OUT TO HARTFORD HOSPITAL WE KNOW
AROUND 1 30 THIS MORNING AFTER
WE LEARNED A MAMMOTH SHOT IN HIS
TWENTIES, AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE
STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT MORE
INFORMATION, INCLUDING WHERE
THIS SHOOTING HAPPENED. AND IF
ANY ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE, SO
MAKE SURE TO STAY WITH CHANNEL
THREE AND DOWNLOAD THAT CHANNEL
THREE APP TODAY IF YOU DON'T
ALREADY HAVE IT. ALSO, POLICE IN
MANCHESTER ARE INVESTIGATING
AFTER SOMEONE FIRED A GUN LATE
LAST NIGHT. THIS SITUATION
PLAYED OUT RIGHT NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF SPRUCE AND OAK
STREETS. OFFICERS TELL US THAT
NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT THEY'RE
STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO
FIRED THAT GUN AND WHY, AND
COMING BACK TO GLASTONBURY WHERE
WE ARE NOW WORKING WITH POLICE
TO LEARN THE NAME OF THE VICTIM
WHO WAS KILLED IN A HORRIFIC
CRASH. THIS HAPPENED JUST BEFORE
1 A.M. SUNDAY. AND PINPOINT NEWS
TRACKER SHOWS YOU WHERE THAT
CRASHED HAPPENED. IT WAS RIGHT
ON HOPEWELL ROAD. APPARENTLY THE
DRIVER DID NOT STOP AT THE STOP
SIGN AND THAT CAUSED THE DRIVER
TO GO RIGHT THROUGH THAT
INTERSECTION AND ENDED UP IN A
WOODED AREA HITTING A TREE. THE
UNIDENTIFIED DRIVER WAS DEAD ON
THE SCENE AND WILL CONTINUE TO
ASK QUESTIONS AND RIGHT NOW IN
MIDDLETOWN POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING A DEADLY SHOOTING
THAT HAPPENED THERE OUTSIDE OF A
HOOKAH BAR. EARLY YESTERDAY
MORNING. THE VIOLENCE TOOK PLACE
IN THE PARKING LOT ACTUALLY OF
HIDDEN HOOKAH ON SOUTH MAIN
STREET JUST BEFORE 4 A.M. POLICE
HEADED THERE RIGHT AWAY WHERE
THEY FOUND A 20 YEAR OLD MAN.
WHO HAD SADLY DIED LATER AT THE
HOSPITAL. NOW WE KNOW THAT THAT
MAN IS FROM NEW BRITAIN. WE ARE
STILL WORKING ON MORE DETAILS,
SO AS SOON AS WE HEAR MORE FROM
POLICE WILL BE SURE TO UPDATE
YOU ON THAT AND JUST INTO THE
NEWSROOM MOMENTS AGO, THE
CROMWELL FIRE DEPARTMENT TOLD US
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT
WITH A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY THAT
OWNS THIS RETIRED AMBULANCE. SO
THEY SAY THAT THE DRIVER OF THIS
VEHICLE WAS USING THE SIREN AND
SHOUTING PROFANITIES THROUGH THE
SYSTEM. THE OWNER OF THAT
COMPANY HAS APOLOGIZED FOR THE
INCIDENT AND SAYS THAT THEY
FIRED THE EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBLE.
AND RIGHT NOW A MAN IS
RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL WITH
SERIOUS INJURIES AFTER HE WAS
HIT WHILE RIDING HIS BICYCLE AND
ROCKY HILL. POLICE SAY THE
VICTIM IS A 70 YEAR OLD MAN WHO
WAS HIT LAST NIGHT ON THE
SILENCED IN HIGHWAY WE KNOW THE
DRIVER STAYED ON THE SCENE AND
WAS COOPERATING WITH POLICE
OFFICERS ARE STILL TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT LED UP TO THAT
CRASH AND ALSO HAPPENING TODAY
IN HARTFORD, SENATOR RICHARD
BLUMENTHAL AND OTHER LOCAL
LEADERS WILL BE HOLDING A NEWS
CONFERENCE ON A NEW SCAM
INVOLVING ARTIFICIAL
INVOLVING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THAT'S USING FAKE
AUDIO CLIPS. OFFICIALS ARE NOW
SAYING THAT SCAM ARTISTS ARE
USING THESE FAKE AUDIO CLIPS TO
CLONE FAMILY MEMBERS VOICE TO
PRETEND THAT THERE'S AN
EMERGENCY. LOCAL LEADERS ARE NOW
TAKING ACTION TO HELP COMBAT
THESE SCAMS TODAY AT 11 AND
POLICE IN NAUGATUCK ARE ASKING
FOR YOUR HELP TO IDENTIFY A
SUSPECT WANTED IN AN ANIMAL
ABUSE INVESTIGATION LATER THIS
AFTERNOON, OFFICIALS WILL
RELEASE NEW DETAILS ON THIS
CRIME AND WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT
THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE. $1500
REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR ANY
INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP LEAD
TO AN ARREST AND WE'LL HAVE MORE
FROM TODAY'S NEWS CONFERENCE ON
EYEWITNESS NEWS. AT FOUR. NOW
IT'S 703. THE RED CROSS IS
HELPING SEVERAL FAMILIES GET
BACK ON THEIR FEET THIS MORNING
AFTER A FIRE TORE THROUGH A HOME
IN LEBANON. POLICE SAY THAT THE
FIRE STARTED ON THE SECOND FLOOR
OF THIS HOUSE ON WEST TOWN
STREET AND THEN ENDED UP
SPREADING TO THE THIRD FLOOR OF
THIS MULTI FAMILY HOME.
FORTUNATELY WE'RE TOLD EVERYONE
WAS ABLE TO GET OUT SAFELY. NO
ONE WAS HURT SCOTT OVER TO YOU.
ALRIGHT, THANKS, NICOLE. WE
START OFF WITH OUR DOPPLER SCANS
THE STATE DRY GOOD MORNING,
EVERYBODY TIME TO RISE AND
SHINE. ON THIS MONDAY. IT IS 704
. WELL ONE WANT TO WELCOME YOU
TO CHANNEL THREE HOURS. THIS
NEWS WE'VE GOT AGAIN DRY
CONDITIONS OUT THERE HAZY
SUNSHINE. VERY PRETTY PICTURE,
THOUGH. IN OLD SAYBROOK. AS YOU
CAN SEE THE SAILBOAT GOING BY.
NOT A LOT OF WIND OUT THERE.
THEY'RE USING THAT MOTOR ON THAT
SAILBOAT THIS MORNING. THE WINDS
WON'T BE MORE THAN 10 MILES AN
HOUR DURING THE DAY TODAY, HARD
FOR IT A LITTLE BIT OF FOG IN
THE DISTANCE THERE WITH SOME
HAZY SMOKE FROM THOSE CANADIAN
WILDFIRES. 55 DEGREES IN
HARTFORD. NOT BAD. STORES GOOD
MORNING TO YOU. THINGS LOOK
PRETTY GOOD IN STORES, AND WE'VE
GOT MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FOR YOU
AT BRADLEY WINDSOR LOCKS AT 54
DEGREES WITH THE WIND OUT OF THE
NORTH AT SEVEN WARRINGTON GOLDEN
SUNSHINE THIS MORNING AND WE'LL
TAKE YOU RIGHT NOW TO MYSTIC
WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME
SUNSHINE RISING UP IN THE SKY
AND NOT A LOT OF WIND DOWN THERE
AND MYSTIC VISIBILITY ALL RIGHTS
IMPROVING A LITTLE BIT. WE STILL
HAVE SOME FOG OUT THERE.
WILLIMANTIC AT EIGHT AND NEW
HAVEN AT EIGHT. NOT TOO BAD,
THOUGH RIGHT AND THE
TEMPERATURES THEY'RE ON THE MOVE
48 DEGREES IN LITCHFIELD. THAT'S
ONE OF THE COOLEST SPOTS BUT 51
IN BERLIN RIGHT NOW, 56 IN WEST
HAVEN AND STORES COMING IN AT 57
DEGREES, THE NUMBERS EVERYBODY'S
OUT OF THE FORTIES WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF SALISBURY AT 49,
WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD OUT
THERE THIS MORNING. WE ARE DOWN
DEGREE OR TWO OR THREE OR FOUR
OR FIVE. THEN COOLER THAN
YESTERDAY, BUT THOSE
TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE
UPPER SIXTIES LOW SEVENTIES WITH
A CALM WIND DURING THE DAY TODAY
, OR, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY COM 6
TO 7 TO 8 MILES AN HOUR OUT OF
THE EAST SOUTHEAST. MORE OF THE
SAME FOR THE IMMEDIATE SHORELINE
. THAT'LL KEEP THE TEMPERATURES
ALONG THE SHORE LINE A LITTLE
BIT COOLER THAN INLAND
CONNECTICUT. SATELLITE AND RADAR
OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. WE ARE
GOOD AND EARLY WARNING
FUTURECAST TOMORROW'S WEATHER
TODAY WE ARE GOOD. MAYBE THIS IS
THREE O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON,
YOU'LL START TO SEE A LITTLE BIT
OF GREEN, MAYBE A STRAY SPRINKLE
OR A BRIEF SHOWER IN THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS OF NORTHWEST
CONNECTICUT THAT WINDS DOWN AND
THEN TOMORROW IT LOOKS LIKE
ANOTHER EXCEPTIONAL DAY OF
WHETHER WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES
WEDNESDAY. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES
WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE
EVENING. ALRIGHT WATCH WHAT
HAPPENS WEDNESDAY. WE'RE GOOD
DURING THE DAY, BUT IT'S GOTTA
SHOWER START ROLLING IN IN THE
EVENING. THIS IS WEDNESDAY AT 7
P.M. THEY'RE JUST KNOCKING ON
OUR DOOR. ALRIGHT COME IN. WHO
IS IT? SCATTERED SHOWERS. CAN I
COME IN? UH 66 BY 10 A.M. YOU'LL
NOTICE 73 BY THREE PM THAT'S OUR
HIGH. AND A LITTLE BIT COOLER
ALONG THE SHORE LINE WILL BE IN
THE UPPER SIXTIES, SAID IF NOT
70 DEGREES, ALL RIGHT, LET'S
CHECK OUT THE FORECAST. FOR
TODAY. 68 TO 73 IS THE SPREAD
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. THE SUN WAS
UP AT 5 24 SETS AT 8 11 AND THEN
YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST INCLUDES
THAT SHOWER OPPORTUNITY
WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING, AND THEN THE
WEEKEND. I KOW YOU'RE LOOKING
AT SHOWERS, BUT WE MIGHT DRY
THINGS OUT. WE MIGHT HAVE TO
CHANGE THAT FORECAST FOR THE
BETTER. THAT'S BECAUSE IT LOOKS
LIKE HIGH PRESSURE IS GOING TO
SUPPRESS A STORM SYSTEM TO OUR
SOUTH. THAT IS THE LATEST MODEL
RUN. WE WILL CERTAINLY KEEP YOU
POSTED. IT'S BEEN CHANGING. IT'S
BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH SO WE
WILL AGAIN KEEP YOU POSTED. IN
THE MEANTIME, 707 TO CALL BACK
TO YOU. THANKS, SCOTT. THIS
MORNING. NEARLY $3 MILLION IN
FEDERAL FUNDS WILL BE USED TO
HELP COMBAT A NURSING SHORTAGE
HERE IN CONNECTICUT. $2.9
MILLION TO BE EXACT, WILL BE
SENT TO THE WORKPLACE IN
BRIDGEPORT'S TO HELP TRAIN
NURSES OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS,
THE WORKPLACE WILL TRAIN MORE
THAN 200 MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS,
AND THIS MORNING SENATOR RICHARD
BLUMENTHAL AND U S
REPRESENTATIVE ROSA DOLOROSA
WILL BE A GRIFFIN HOSPITAL IN
NEARBY DERBY, WITH MORE ON THE
GRANT PLUS GETTING KIDS ACTIVE.
THIS SUMMER REGISTRATION IS NOW
OPEN FOR THE NO CHILD LEFT
INSIDE PROGRAM. THE CONNECTICUT
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS
OFFERING FAMILIES OF SUMMER FUN
ACTIVITY LIST AT LOCAL PARKS,
HIKING, BOATING AND EVEN MUSEUM
TRIPS ARE REALLY ALL PART OF
THIS PROGRAM. SO FOR MORE
INFORMATION, YOU COULD GO TO NO
CHILD LEFT INSIDE DOT ORG TO
LEARN MORE AND REGISTER. I LOVE
THE NAME OF THAT. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR TUNING INTO
EYEWITNESS NEWS ON THIS MONDAY
MORNING, REMEMBER, YOU CAN GET
NEWS, WEATHER AND TRAFFIC
UPDATES ANYTIME ON THAT CHANNEL
THREE APP. HAVE A GREAT DAY,
EVERYONE BE HEALTHY, STAY