motivated that attack. we begin with a shooting at a rest stop that led to a situation along i71. the victim a student at wooster. the shooter is dead, he shot himself before police got to him. >> we learned he had a warrant out for his arrest. christine, the warrant was issued the day before that shooting? >>reporter: yes, that's right, frank. that warrant was issued in court documents we're learning -- that shooter punched his mom, threatened to kill someone and left in her car. that's what we found in the documents and 48 hours after that incident, police say that shooter walked up to alex melcher a freshman at the college of wooster, confronted him and shot him and in disbelief along with childhood friends.

>>reporter: panic at a i71 rest stop yesterday in delaware county. >> my friend hads been shot and he's laying on the ground. >>reporter: the victim, alex melchert. >> absolutely devastated too, numb. >>reporter: his childhood friends overcome with worry. the college's administration trying to help those who know alex. >> we gave the news to his roommate directly and talked with kind of knew what was coming down the pipe. >>reporter: highway patrol believes the shooting was random and the man responsible was 25 year-old sean johnson and first shot alex and sped away in the toyota camera and led police on a 44-mile chase north of i71 into rich land county. topers say johnson then shot himself. he's dead. >> can't really describe it. really hard.

>>reporter: these court documents reveal that police issued a warrant for johnson's arrest one day prior to the shooting. charged with domestic violence and assault and digging deeper, we found out that his mom called police friday night saying he punched her, threatened to kill someone and left in her car. the same car involved in the alleged shooting and the chase. aleck's friends are making plans to come to ohio to be survive. >> he's an amazing person and how hundred believably selfless he is as well. he put his needs before others. >>reporter: students and faculty just wrapped up a vigil of support for alex at the student union at the college of wooster. state highway patrol says alex was shot six times while traveling with a friend from

incident. the man accused in a deadly crash on i480 pleaded not guilty. clark justin of bruns wick charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and assault in saturday's crash that killed tanesha matthew ands injured asia matthews. the women were changing a tire on the side of the road at the time they were hit. justin left the scene of the crash but arrested a short time later. state troopers found hero his car. the scary clown controversy has come to our area and someone making social media threats to three schools and police say they know who's been making those threats. three six grade girls. police are talking to prosecutors about what to do now. akron businesses are fed up after a series of break ins. >> police believe the same

side. bob jones is live with the story you saw first on a 5 and, bob, you got hands on surveillance video out there. >>reporter: well, frank, the owner of a comic bookstore showed me video of a crook who apparently spent a lot of time plotting the break in to get away with very little. akron detectives here at the police department want to know who that guy is. take a look at the surveillance video. the suspect is wearing either a hooded sweatshirt or a hat and he rides up on a bicycle and keeping an eye on traffic. after a while, he uses a you bar to get -- crowbar to get inside and makes a b line to the counter and took a tray of change and a few comics. the owner feels violated by the break in. just down the road, a door was broken at pierre's pizza and

another register tolen at a wireless store after a window was busted. >> i hope they catch him. anyone who does this multiple places will look again and sooner or later, he'll be caught. you can't get away with this stuff in this day and age. we're too much wired, you know, but i hope the police can catch him before it happens to other people. >>reporter: anyone with information on the b&e es the ambulance back on the streets, the emergency vehicle was taken for repairs over the weekend. earlier today, oak wood village donated one of their ambulances for use after the cleveland fire department union issued a notice to folks on facebook they were responding with a fire truck and needed help from other cities. about a half hour from now, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton will

she began today in in toe lee toe and the -- toledo and the fact that lebron james is endorsing her. that event is designed to get people to the polls. as we mentioned, clinton's visit comes hours after picking up the endorsement of the city's favorite son, lebron james throwing his backing behind the democratic nominee. >> yeah, james couldn't make it down for clinton's visit today but spoke about it at the cavs john joins us and, john, everyone is talking act this. >> yeah, he was the first five or seven minutes of media availability focused on the endorsement that james wrote in the form of an a bed piece. the struggles of the akron pete and the kinds of policy that it needs.

james supported barack obama in his two runs for the white house and said clinton is the best candidate. >> she's trying to give our world a better future. our kids are our future, and i believe barack started it and i believe hillary will continue it. i did for a little bit. >> what did you think about it? >> i'm endorsing hillary so that's what i thought about it. >> well, 2008, lebron rally for barack obama with jay z and has been talking with the clinton team and doesn't rule out doing something similar for clinton this year. at 6, we'll look at whether this might be a sign of things post-basketball for lebron. breaking news, john, the new york state attorney general's office says donald trump's foundation violating the state's fundraising law has to stop raising money in the state immediately.

jot issue, the -- >> the issue, the foundation never registered for proper certification. donald trump may have gone 18 years without paying federal income taxes. the huge loss could mentula while following the law, trump could have avoided paying federal income tax for nearly two decades. trump calls the leak of his 1995 income tax return illegal. in virginia, trump tried to steer the conversation in a new direction seeking to turn a critical focus clinton. >> hillary clinton's only experience in cyber security involves her criminal scheme to violate federal law engineering a massive coverup and putting entire nation in harm's way. >> meanwhile, another -- meanwhile, another controversy for the trump campaign, the associated press is reporting that former cast and crew

behavior on the scene. democratic vp nominee tim kaine and republican vp mike pence will faceoff tomorrow night in farmville, virginia. the 90 minute event is scheduled to start at 9:30 and watch here on news 5. the supreme court started its new tomorrow today and for the first time in decades, there's eight justices hearing cases instead of nine reason the court is not taking up the immigration debate again. >> today justices rejected a request from the obama administration to hear a case on its executive action as far as immigration. the move is another blow to the president's attempt for undocumented immigrants to aplay for work.

keep up the federal trademark protections without a trademark reggation. washington redskins would no longer have the right to their controversial mark. the supreme court remains down by one justice after antonin scalia's death in november. obama no, ma'am named garland to fill in the seat but republicans refused to hold confirmation hearings. senator mitch president should choose the replacement. >> thank you, leon. the weather was amazing out there today. >> not a bad day at all but look at this, power 5 does not miss rain drops and we've got a few little isolated sprinkles out here. champion, over here near fowler, out of court land. sliding south and fading away. i think the rest of the region dry. we are gonna stay dry through

late tonight into tomorrow morning so keep an eye on that over the next 12 hours. 67 elyria, cleveland, 69. akron, 70 and mans field 72. your temps, 6:00 p.m., upper 60s. lower 60s at 8:00 p.m. and near 60 degrees at 10 and notice just some clouds in and out. should be a peaceful evening. i'll show you a nice warmup in my seven day coming up. show you this too, breaking tonight, hurricane matthew less striking in haiti. >> yeah, we're watching the path of this storm, the latest on the track and which areas could see significant damage. i can't remember. those are the chilly words from the engineer from in the center of a deadly train crash. what we've just learned. new recommendations out tonight about fighting the flu. why you may need to wait to get your flu shot.

air balloon crash. see what happened before the

we are reported injury someone got burned by the tank itself but that's un-con if he were id. >> awful stuff and just getting our hands on incredible video showing that moment a hot air balloon hit the power lines in new mexico you can see the balloon draped over the lines as crews on the scene scramble to clear out. another man saw a balloon land on power lines a few miles away. u basket looking score muched. crews had -- scorched. crews had to replace power lines through the area. luckily no one was hurt. investigator from the federal aviation administration taking the lead on this investigation. new mexico state police also helping out with this. now to that deadly train crash to new jersey.

was under audit by the federal railroad administration over safety concerns before the accident. >> a five year investigation turned up 183 safety violations some related to employee drug and alcohol use. and almost five million dollars in damage to tracks and equipment. meanwhile investigators are trying to reach the second data recorder but say it's trap inside this mangled mess of wreckage. >>reporter: right now, it is very -- right see if there's any application of brakes. >> meanwhile the engineer told investigators he has no memory of slamming into the station. one person was killed, 114 others were injured in friday's crash. the jury is set in the trial of a georgia father accused of intentionally leaving his son in a hot car to die. two years ago justin strapped his son into a rear facing car

his attorney said he did not notice his son till it was too late. the prosecutors believe harris may have had personal reasons for wanting the child out of his life. a florida college student is accused of stabbing and biting his victims. now officially charged in their killings. 19 year-old austin harruf faces murder charges in the deaths of michelle and her husband john stephens. he's charged with the at neighborhood. stephen's been in the hospital since the attacks and expected to be jailed once released. to the latest on hurricane matthew. conditions getting very dangerous in the caribbean as the cowerful storm -- powerful storm turns towards lands. it's bringing rain towards jamaica and haiti. >> it's being blamed for four deaths so far. the u.s. officials urging

>> hurricane matthew turning to the caribbean packing towerful winds and marching toward the island is forcing businesses to close and residents to board up their homes and hunkering down and seeking sterlet. >> my sr. issue -- shelter. >> i want to know my family is safe and secure. >> we want people to heed the warnings and take them responsible. >> emergency responders pre- fair pairing for the storms in haiti, jamaica, and cuba. it could dump up to 40-inches of rain and possibility of life threatening mud slides in areas like haiti where 50,000 people still call these makeshift tents their homes after the deadly earthquake in 2010. the state department is warning americans in the region to get out. 700 military family members

guantanomo bay. officials in florida on high alert. >> i'm hoping that is a false alarm but can't gamble and we won't gamble with people's lives. >> forecasters say right now it is too soon to talk about what if any impact hurricane matthew will have here in the u.s. but officials say preparations are underway just in elizabeth hur, abc. >> category 4, maximum sustained winds 140 miles per hour with gusts above 150 miles per hour. zoom in and show you the eye. here's the eye of the storm. watch it. this eye is 7-miles wide. now, if you're into hurricanes and eyes, that is incredible small. that's a small eye. 7-miles wide. this thing is powerful.

category 4 so looking at 20-30- inches of rain fall here and at least 20-inches of rain in eastern cuba. that's devastating floods and moves up the spine of the arch of peligo we know as the bahamas. where it goes from there, i mean, it could come inland in the carolinas or stay out to the sea. the middle row track up toward cape hatterus late this week into your weather weekend. all eyes along the u.s. east coast on matthew. here's akron. great shot of the sunset. clouds are here. with eventual game got a few little sprinkles. right there in trimble county. there they are.

we are seeing quite a bit of sunshine over greater cleveland and wooster clouds into the canton area. route 30 consistency of range domainly cloudy -- corridor mainly cloudy sky. but you'll stay dry so don't worry about the rain gear. 67 cleveland, 69 in akron, 70 in wooster. visibilities fine. late tonight, especially midnight. i would expect more patchy dense fog to form with light winds and moisture in the air under this dirty high pressure. normally highs bring you all sun. this has clouds underneath it so a bit dirty but again, light winds here, lot of notice sure. we'll see -- moisture. we'll have a nice warmup and mid 70s tomorrow, upper 70s into thursday. 54 tonight, partly cloudy, patchy fog.

sun and clouds should be nice.

. new at 5, have you ever had an elementary schoolteacher you loved so much you had to hugger for getting you through reading, writing, and tick. one teacher -- arithmetic. >> teachers and hugs go hand in hand. how about maybe the biggest group hug in teacher of the week history. it's hard not to smile about that but for these elementary school first graders in

hours. >> surprise. >> surprise. this is great. >>reporter: you're news 5's teacher of the week. >> oh my gosh. >>reporter: for all her sacrifice to help the kids, ohio's savings bank awards her with a gift certificate to omaha steaks. >> the best thing i did was become a teacher. >> congrats from all of us he >> if you'd like to nominate an outstanding educator for our teacher of the week award, visit news 5 sleeve land/teacher. a terrifying ordeal for one of reality tv's biggest stars after she was tied up and had a gun held to her head. what we've learned about this scary incident for kim kardashian tonight. and a local family hired a dog sitter to take care of

much different instead.

the ohio highway patrol says a gunman choice chose a ran dam victim -- random victim. he was a freshman at the college of wooster. he's in critical condition after being -- repeatedly. the sheriff's office released a sketch of a woman sean gray is accused of killing. according to the marion county sheriff's office, he confessed to killing her at least ten years ago but could not remember her name. the new york state attorney general's office says the new

the state immediately. the issue: the foundation never registered for proper certification. the trump campaign has not responded to that development. a west lake family says they will never use camp bowwow again after a pet sitter broke their trust and cut their vacation short. a story you'll see only on 5. >>reporter: casing their house, snooping through making a -- drawers and making a snack in their kitchen. they watch their pet sitter on cameras and he did everything but pay attention to their pets. >> real sneaky, you know, just gave me the creeps. >>reporter: not the way you want to feel on vacation but kathy said she couldn't help it when she and her husband checked out their inhome surveillance cameras and saw the employee hired to watch her

cameras were not recording at the time. >> he walked past our dogs, didn't look at them or acknowledge them. went to the microwave. not sure what he was doing there and he started rummaging all of our drawers. >>reporter: she said he kept going. >> down into our basement and then he went upstairs. >>reporter: she called camp bow wow. no real answer or manager available. they packed up and drove home in the wee hours of the morning. >> i felt scared. >>reporter: telling me from the company. just a bill and excuse. >> they said he heard we had a really cool basement from other dog walkers who had been in our home. >>reporter: today she said she felt the need to warn others. >> i thought we've always done the best for them when we're away, but i'm looking at it totally different now. >>reporter: i reached out to camp bow wow several times today and just heard back from their pr agency.

into this incident and it's their number one priority for pet owners and pets to have a positive experience with home buddies. in west lake, tara news 5. ohio will resume executions in january with a new three drug combination. the development putting ronald to death after raping and killing a 3 1993. dennis repeatedly gassed and snorted during a 26 minute procedure. a student group at kent state claims they were discriminated against during starred's home come -- saturday's homecoming parade. the spanish and latina association says fraternity members chanted build that wall as they marched down the street. they're looking into the incident. both sides expected to meet

stop watching. we first showed you this video on friday. adults and teenagers from parma senior high schools going at one another. throwing punches and scuffling on the ground. today parma city schools tells us things back to normal. no special accommodations for students this week. when we asked about any students being suspended or expelled, the spokesperson told the now, they cannot comment on disciplinary hearings. the prosecutors invest is underway. check in with the chief, pleasant evening ahead. >> that's just what it looks like when all of the local weather people get together. we wrestle. patchy cloud sliding south ward through the area. around patches of cloud, we've got sunshine breaking out in downtown cleveland, akron and youngstown, sam story.

youngstown. 67 at 6, 64 at 8. temps sliding down into the middle 50s. akron, canton closer to 52 or 53 degrees. clouds in and out. my big concern for tomorrow morning's rush is more dense fog forming here. so keep an eye out especially inland away from lake erie, watch for the lower visibilities as you get up and go. may want to leave extra time. we've got 80 degree temperatures, i'm gonna want to show you here. don't go away. 80 degree weather, coming back to northern ohio in my seven day next. >> check in in a bit. meantime, two rival ins the outdoor retail industry joining forces now. bass pro shops purchased cabela's for $5.5 billion. the deal would combine two or more well known retailers for hunting and fishing equipment. the cabela's chain has 19

avon in august. no word whether the deal could lead to store closures. another bank under fire tonight for shady business practices. what they did that has the feds investigating. and fighting the flu, what's the best way and when should you get your shot? right now, here are today's

and in my world of weather, i want to show you what's going on. great weather for walking your dog, barking dogs.

trees. this is a tusak moth caterpillar. they're very common. not poisonous and finally for lee jordon who loves my little puppy, this is costa brown. he's got something in his mouth and i don't know. he would not let me see it and ran away from me. >> looks like a treat. >> i don't think so. i think it was something he should not have been eating. mark johnson on twitter and costa brown.

a live look inside the good year hall and theater in akron. the site of a rally for hillary clinton. that's the view we have. she's expected to speak about the economy for ohioans to register to vote before next week's deadline. she's expected to arrive in the next new fallout over the wells fargo scandal. illinois state treasurer suspended $30 billion of business with the bank after wells fargo admitted the employees secretly opened 2 million unauthorized accounts for customers in order to meet sales quotas. >> i hope to send the message that their practices are not

tolerated. >> today's move by illinois is similar to an announcement made last week in wells fargo home state of california. the state treasure said he was suspending most of california's business dealings with that bank. meanwhile, the state of massachusetts has filed suit against morgan stanley claiming the bank pressured employees to open customer accounts by running sales contests targeting loans to wealthy compliants the bank run foul of its own internal rules. they eliminated the practice after conducting them for more than a year in massachusetts and rhode island. the bank will fight this lawsuit in court. ? regulators investigating two problem of those that triggered a recall of 3 million other vehicles. 643,000 vehicles that involve door latch that is can open while vehicles are moving and a

steering. affected models of ford edge suv and ford fusions from the 2010 model year. j.c. pennys handing out refounds over comforters and towels over concerns they are knockoffs. they've been selling phony egyptian cotton products they found they were made of non-egyptian product between august 2014 and july 2016. one of the world's biggest reality tv stars robbed at gunpoint. >> kim kardashian west held up while in paris for fashion week. five gunmen dressed as police officers made their way into her private residents and tied

than $10 million in jewelry. her husband kanye west finding out during a performance in new york city and causing him to abruptly end the show. back in paris, other celebrities reacting to the news. jim johnson know it's terrible but thank god she's okay. >> kim kardashian west is back in the u.s. tonight. her rep. saying she's shaken by physically unharmed. meanwhile french police are examing surveillance video from the area where she guess what, chicago poet lay is trying to win customers back by adding something new to their menu tomorrow. they're adding chorizo to the menu. the sausage will be made of responsibly raised chicken and pork and flavored with paprika and chipotle peppers.

aphtha focuses on users with slower internet speed. the lite app is a popular verse of the messaging app. it takes up less space on smart phones and tablets. >> messenger lite. >> not a lower device. >> super fantastic 3. >> that's light. check on hurricane. it'll be an international news story for sever days now. category 4, 190 miles per hour miles per hour winds. this is an infrared satellite. 7-miles wide eye. small spared to the size of the stop. haiti and cuba here. ten, twenty, even thirty inches of rain fall for the two

bahamas and could ride along the u.s. east coast all the way from florida up into the carolinas into the northeast through the weekend and beyond. so this gonna be something to watch. a current live look at mentor right now, here's what i want to show you. we've got a partly sunny sky in mentor. click into the wooster area, i've got a time lance here and want to show you the fog this morning. did you see that? then we get to cumulus building. the fog was thick in some spot ands probably wi develop overnight tonight. we've got dry weather on the power five. no worries about that. no rain fall. don't worry about it. leave the umbrellas at home. sprinkles are fading out. that is about it. clouds in and out. watch them sliding south ward. now in around these little cloud decks, we're seeing quite a bit of sunshine mixing in. mans field up to loran.

in the carolton area and down toward millers burg and sugar creek. a partly cloudy sky overnight for everyone i think. 60s for revena, akron, canton, medina. dew points generally in the mid 5 0s. low temperatures dropping into the lower and middle 5 0s. know what that mean when the dew point meets the air temp. it's saturate and had fog tomorrowing. i would expect to see more patchy dense fog. see tailgate there except along the lake erie shoreline for the rush. visibilities about a half ahyal to show you down in a few spots tomorrow. rain and thunder, rapids city, billings, bismarck, we get a nice flow of air coming our way. out of the south, a nice warmup.

i was distracted. sorry. warm air moving north ward so thursday into friday, 80 degree temperatures. not bad. mid 50s tonight, patchy fog developing after midnight for many of you. tomorrow 75 sun and clouds very pleasant weather. for the akron canton area, low 50s tomorrow, mid 70s, fog, then mainly sunny skies. >> all right, everyone talking act this right here. creepy, scary looking clowns popping up country. >> they're hertizing people and -- terrorizing people and that's not all. some local girls terrorizing people and took it a little too far. why new york state is after donald trump tonight. fighting the flu the right way. how you can make sure your family stays healthy this

important new recommendations about the flu vaccine. >> a closer look at who's affected by these changes and when it's best for people to get a flu shot. >> we know getting a vaccine is hands down the best defense against the flu but depending on your age and health, you may need to change the type of vaccine you get . kids won't like this but this recommended by the centers for disease control and prevention. >> for the last three years flu mist offered little, if any, protection against the flu. >> in comparison when children got the shot, the vaccine was 63 percent effective of

people 65 and over to consider who's immune system research shows may not be as responsive as younger people. flu zone high dose is four times stronger than the normal vaccine and another type, flu add boosts older people's immune system response. check with your doctor on those. >> when it comes to timing the shots, healthy people under the age of 60 or so can benefit from longer protection by getting the vaccine as soon >> the protective effect of the vaccine may wear off faster in older people so getting the shot a bit later in early fault may protect them better in the winter when the flu season peeks. it takes about two weeks to build up your immunity. >> the vaccine is free under most insurance plans or medicare. no copay or deductible.

here's what's coming up at 6, reports across the country of people being attacked by others dressing up in scary looking clown costumes but now a couple of girls tried to jump in on that trend and threatened several local schools. >> the court: and marion county investigators are hoping you can identify the woman in this sketch and may be the victim of alleged serial killer sean gray. news 5 at 6

it seeps to be the latest trend-over the internet where creepy looking clowns are popping up around the country

trouble after trying to take the trend to a different level. tracy is live at the east lake police department. tracy, these girls ryan frederick threatening local -- were threatening local schools? >>reporter: yeah, the police chief told me the threats came to the police department's attention over the weekend but for the police and school district officials, it's no laughing matter. east lake police are taking the creepy clowns and threatening message seriously. three schools, middle, will bee middle, and south high were targeted on serial media. this disease -- social media. this dad has two kids. >> my daughter saw it on instagram and was upset. didn't want to go to bed and was crying and didn't want to go to school. >>reporter: the police chief got wind ovthe weekend and a tip led them here to east lake middle school. they believe an 11 year-old and