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Vehicle fire reported on Merchants Street in Florence

Vehicle fire reported on Merchants Street in Florence

Vehicle fire reported on Merchants Street in Florence

Vehicle fire reported on Merchants Street in Florence

FIVE SIX BREAKING RIGHT NOW AT NEWS FIVE AT NOON, A PERSON IS DEAD. ANOTHER INJURED AFTER A SHOOTING IN A CAR WITH A CHILD INSIDE. WE ARE LEADING THE WAY ON THIS INVESTIGATION. AND A MAN WHO POLICE SAY ADMITS TO A DIFFERENT DEADLY SHOOTING ON A ROAD APPEARS IN COURT. WHAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THE SUSPECT IN THAT CASE. AND RIGHT NOW, LAWMAKERS IN THE HOUSE ARE ABOUT TO TAKE ANOTHER VOTE IN AN EFFORT TO FILL THE SPEAKER VACANCY. THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN WHO IS HOPING TO UNIFY HIS PARTY. THIS IS WLWT NEWS FIVE, LEADING THE WAY WITH BREAKING NEWS. AND FIRST, AT NOON, WE’RE LEADING THE WAY ON THE BREAKING NEWS AFTER A DEADLY DRIVE BY SHOOTING THIS MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M ASHLEY KIRKLEN THAT SHOOTING NEAR THE RIVERSIDE ACADEMY LEFT AN ADULT DEAD, ANOTHER INJURED AND WE NOW KNOW THAT A CHILD WAS ALSO IN THE CAR. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S TODD -- IS JOINING US LIVE RIGHT NOW FROM SEDAMSVILLE HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THIS ALL HAPPENED IN. TODD, WHAT DO WE KNOW SO FAR? WELL, ASHLEY, I CAN TELL YOU RIVER ROAD BACK OPEN AFTER POLICE SHUT DOWN THIS BUSY STRETCH ON THE WEST SIDE OF CINCINNATI FOR THREE HOURS THIS MORNING. IT WAS AROUND 8 A.M. THAT OFFICERS RUSHED TO THE 3200 BLOCK OF RIVER ROAD AFTER GETTING REPORTS ABOUT SHOTS BEING FIRED. NOW IT APPEARS THE SHOOTING STARTED IN AN ALLEY CLOSE TO RIVERSIDE ACADEMY. THAT’S A CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS AND KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE, A KIA SOUL CROSSED RIVER ROAD AND WENT DOWN A WOODED EMBANKMENT. A TOW TRUCK OPERATOR MANAGED TO RETRIEVE THAT VEHICLE SHORTLY BEFORE 11, A M ONE PERSON IN THAT KIA WAS SHOT AND KILLED, ANOTHER ADULT INJURED. THERE WAS A CHILD IN THAT CAR WHO WAS NOT HURT. NOW, WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS SITUATION CONCERNING GOT A LOT OF LEVELS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED SO CLOSE TO A SCHOOL. CINCINNATI’S POLICE CHIEF, THERESA FIJI, SAYS CLASSES WERE NOT INTERRUPTED. PARENTS ARE ARRIVING. I’VE SEEN PARENTS COMING WITH THEIR CHILDREN. THE SCHOOL I JUST WENT IN, CHECKED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. ALL ALL’S GOOD IN THE SCHOOL AND THE PARENTS CAN BRING THEIR CHILDREN IN THE MORNING JUST LIKE THEY WOULD ON ANY OTHER DAY. WE’LL JUST HAVE TO HELP FACILITATE BECAUSE OF THE STREET CLOSURE. NOW, POLICE THINK THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ANOTHER CAR INVOLVED IN THIS MORNING’S INCIDENT. WHO WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THAT CAR AND WHERE IT HEADED AFT FOR WHAT TRANSPIRED HERE? THOSE ARE TWO KEY QUESTIONS POLICE ARE TRYING TO ANSWER RIGHT NOW. FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE ALONG RIVER ROAD, TODD -- WLWT NEWS FIVE. ALL RIGHT, TODD, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE THERE. AND WE WILL CONTINUE LEADING THE WAY ON THIS STORY AND BRING YOU UPDATES AS SOON AS THEY COME IN ON AIR THIS EVENING. AND ON OUR FREE WLWT MOBILE APP. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE GOT SOME WARM AND DRY WEATHER STICKING AROUND TODAY AND IT’S GOING TO FEEL GREAT OUTSIDE. METEOROLOGIST ADAM BURNISTON JOINING US. HOPEFULLY YOU DON’T HAVE ANY BAD NEWS FOR TODAY. NOT TODAY, BUT MAYBE A FEW DAYS DOWN THE ROAD. WE’LL HAVE SOME BAD NEWS. BUT FOR NOW, ENJOY THIS WEATHER. GET OUT AND ENJOY THE DRY WEATHER WHILE WE HAVE IT. AND SOME OF THE NICE WEATHER AS WELL. AS YOU LOOK OUT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A FEW CLOUDS IN THE SKIES, BUT ALSO SOME SUNSHINE OUT THERE AS WELL. TEMPERATURES AT 65 RIGHT HERE IN CINCINNATI. AIRPORT READING SOME CLOUDIER SKIES JUST BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE BIT THICKER. BUT OVERALL, STILL SOME SUNSHINE COMING THROUGH. WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH, THOUGH, THAT’S GOING TO BE HELPING US OUT WITH THOSE WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT ONLY TODAY, BUT THROUGH THE NEXT DAY AS WELL. SO MID 60S, BASICALLY ALL AROUND OUR REGION AS WE GO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON, WE’LL WARM UP INTO THE 70S, INTO THE MID 70S FOR OUR HIGHS EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN IT’LL BE A BEAUTIFUL EVENING, LOWER 70S TURNING INTO 60S BY LATE TONIGHT AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK, WE’LL KEEP IN MIND BUT RAIN IS COMING BACK INTO THE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY INTO PARTS OF THE WEEKEND. WILL IT MOVE OUT BEFORE HALLOWEEN? IT’S LOOKING LIKE IT, BUT WE COULD BE DEALING WITH SOME MUCH CHILLIER AIR IN THE FORECAST, BUT BY NEXT WEEK AS WELL. SO AHEAD IN MY FULL FORECAST, WE’LL BE TALKING ABOUT THOSE NEXT RAIN CHANCES. AN EARLY LOOK AT THAT HALLOWEEN FORECAST AND WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FOR SOME FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL AS WELL. SO WE’LL HAVE IT ALL FOR YOU COMING UP HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. ASHLEY. ADAM, THANKS SO MUCH. NEW WLWT A TWO YEAR OLD IS DEAD AFTER A TRACTOR ACCIDENT IN CLERMONT COUNTY. THIS HAPPENED ON MISTY LANE IN WAYNE TOWNSHIP OFF OF STATE ROUTE 727 AROUND SIX LAST NIGHT. A GIRL CALLED 911 TO REPORT THAT HER LITTLE BROTHER WAS RUN OVER BY A TRACTOR FIRE AND EMS ON THE SCENE WERE NOT ABLE TO RESUSCITATE THE TWO YEAR OLD BOY AND HE DIED ON THE SCENE. AUTHORITIES SAY AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT IS ONGOING. ING WELL, WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A DEADLY SHOOTING ON THE ROAD IN FLORENCE YESTERDAY. IT HAPPENED ON EWING BOULEVARD NEAR US 42 TUESDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE SAY IT STARTED WHEN 72 YEAR OLD STEPHEN STAYMATES GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK TO CONFRONT 44 YEAR OLD TRAVIS MARKS IN HIS CAR. INVESTIGATORS TELL US THAT MARKS SHOTS, TEAMMATES IN A POSSIBLE CASE OF ROAD RAGE. STAYMATES LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. NOW POLICE TELL US MARKS ADMITTED THAT HE SHOT STAYMATES AND THAT HE STAYED ON SCENE AND COOPERATED WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION. MARKS WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH MURDER THIS MORNING, HE APPEARED BEFORE A JUDGE WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $1 MILLION. HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE WILL BE FRIDAY MORNING. WELL, DEVELOPING ON WLWT, TWO JUVENILES ARE RECOVERING AFTER A SHOOTING IN MILLVILLE LAST NIGHT. IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE EIGHT ON BEEKMAN STREET NEAR NEIER AVENUE. THANKFULLY, WE ARE TOLD THAT THEIR INJURIES ARE NOT LIFE THREATENING. A STUDENT, AN EMPLOYEE AT A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL WERE HURT WHILE TRYING TO BREAK UP A FIGHT BETWEEN STUDENTS. YESTERDAY, CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS TELLS US THE. THIS FIGHT STARTED AT A BUS STOP BETWEEN TWO WESTERN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. ANOTHER STUDENT AND A DATER HIGH SCHOOL EMPLOYEE TRIED TO BREAK IT UP, BUT THEY GOT HURT IN THE PROCESS. THAT STUDENT HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. SAYS ONE STUDENT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND COULD FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES. BUT BOTH STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE FIGHT WILL BE DISCIPLINED. WELL, RIGHT NOW, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS PREPARING TO TAKE ANOTHER VOTE IN HOPES OF NAMING A HOUSE SPEAKER. THE LATEST REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, LOUISIANA CONGRESSMAN MIKE JOHNSON. JOHNSON ROSE TO THE FRONT OF THE PACK YESTERDAY AFTER MINNESOTA REPRESENTATIVE TOM EMMER DROPPED HIS BID JUST THREE HOURS AFTER HE WAS NOMINATED. IT’S BEEN MORE THAN THREE WEEKS SINCE KEVIN MCCARTHY WAS OUSTED FROM THE POSITION AND INFIGHTING IN THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE HAS PREVENTED ANOTHER SPEAKER FROM BEING NAMED, PUTTING THE HOUSE ON PAUSE. JOHNSON PROJECTED HIS PROJECTED CONFIDENCE HEADING INTO TODAY’S VOTE AFTER SECURING THE NOMINATION LAST NIGHT. BUT IT IS OUR SYSTEM, THIS CONFERENCE THAT YOU SEE, THIS HOUSE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IS UNITED. OF COURSE, WE WILL CONTINUE MONITORING THE VOTE. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED WITH THE VERY LATEST. WELL, THE UNITED STATES WARNS THE HEALTH SYSTEM IN GAZA IS FAILING. STILL AHEAD, WE’RE BRINGING YOU THE VERY LATEST ON THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST AS HOSPITALS IN GAZA RUN OUT OF FUEL. AND AN UPDATE AT CINCINNATI’S ANIMAL CARE PUTS THEIR DOG OPERATIONS ON PAUSE. HOW THE SHELTER IS RESPONDING. AFTER TAKING IN A NUMBER OF STRAY DOGS. STICK WITH A STICK, RATHER, WITH A RESPIRATORY INFECTION. ADAM. WE’RE KEEPING IT DRY FOR JUST A FEW MORE DAYS, BUT EVENTUALLY RAIN IS COMING BACK TO THE FORECAST. I’LL TELL YOU WHEN IT’S ARRIVING, HOW IMPACTFUL IT WILL BE AND MAYBE WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FOR THAT HALLOWEEN FORECAST. I’LL HAVE THAT AND MORE COMING UP
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Vehicle fire reported on Merchants Street in Florence

Vehicle fire reported on Merchants Street in Florence

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