couple of women walking thru. >> a major cause for concern with some neighbors. they say they've heard gunshots near their homes. >> they say it's a group of teenagers hanging around a local park and firing off several round us. dominic ricks is live from the police department. you got your hands on the accu annual 911 calls. >> police tell us they were unable to find any shell caseings where the allegeed shots were fired. >> nothing surprises me anymore. >> reporter: novella jackson lives in the area and she's been here two years. >> it was on the radio and everything. >> reporter: she's seen things change quite a bit. >> there have been a couple of times where there have been gunshots in the area. >> reporter: she said just a

>> young people doing drive-by with bb guns. it's a lot of activity that has not been normal for the area. >> reporter: lots of construction right outside her front door. the sound of this is all too familiar. she said she can hear it inside her house even with the windows closed. tuesday evening she said she >> it sounded like it was gunshots. >> reporter: that was tuesday. mounds -- >> it's coming from south of here. like by the apartments. >> reporter: a different story. interception tap police chief who say witnesses saw three teenagers playing in a vacant lot. one pulled out a pistol and fired six rounds into the ground. the police department is looking for answers and asking

pages. the lt. say physician the allegations are true and the teenagers are playing with a gun or fake gun he has this message. >> it's just so dangerous. the officers only have a split second to make the decision on the it's real or fake. >> reporter: we reached out to the police and they say they have no records of shots being fired yesterday. night for two young girls turned traumatic as both were hit by bullets as a result of a drive die by shooting. they're fighting for their life. terra molina has the latest. >> reporter: the family was doing laundry, watching tv, enjoy the weather and men

their home. the nine-year-old is recovering well but the three-year-old is still in critical condition. holes in the please front of the home, blood on the ground. sally davis said a black cared pulled in front of the house at 10:30 and the men in the car yelling at her daughter out front. they started shooting and the bullet hit the three-year-old that was sleeping in her arms in the bullet hit the nine-year-old in the back. the three-year-old is in critical condition. >> this girl has been one tough cookie. >> reporter: what do you have to say to the people who did this. >> i hope they get caught and pay for this crime they did. they did two crimes. >> reporter: again, the family said this was totally random. i checked in with cleveland

case. terra molina, news 5. >> new at 6:00 tonight achild has died and another in a local hospital after they were pulled from a swimming pool this morning. a resident found the kids in a pool at a home this morning shortly after 10:30. investigators don't know how the kids ended up in the pool or how long they facing federal criminal charges after they were found in two dozen stolen guns. they are accused of breaking into j&d firearms back in march. both have been indicted on stolen guns. >> another beauty of a night for us, mark. >> outstanding. i wish we could bottle them up

quiet and dry. your weather headlines for done evening hours, whatever you want to do. there are some high cloud. low to mid-70s, 76 cleveland, ashtabula 71. hour by hour, watch the temps. this is 6:00. we'll take you up to 7:00. notice we're still 60s and lower 70s. showers up to the north and they'll stay away. 60s at 9:00 and by 11:00, mid- 60s for greater cleveland. pleasant evening. it's october. we've got a chance of a cooler weather weekend coming your way in the seven day next. this story has us shaking your head tonight.

in his glove for a prison jump suit after he was found guilty of sex trafficking young girls. tracy has more. >> reporter: the local boxer, ronnie pratt, is now in prison for 14 years. he made his name in the boxing world as a two time golden glove champ. he's in federal prison after pleading guilty to sex trafficking two girls, the youngest being 13. he scheduled what he called dates for the girls and according to court documents, he kept a portion of the money that they were paid for sex acts. this time they went after richard purr connell, one of the customers, who was convicted of having sex with one of the girls. >> they're called a customer o're john. to me a 54-year-old man who

old girl is called a child rapist. they're paying to have sex with an under age child and that is sickening. we're going to be prosecuteing individuals engaging in those acts. >> reporter: and richard purr connell will be sentenced in federal court in december. tracy carloss, news 5. >> a heated two men over the election, darnell hall and paul jones got into a fight at a bar. when the argument reached its peak, hall shot jones in the leg and he's been indicted on four other chargings. did you know there are only six days left before the deadline runs out to register to vote here in ohio. >> they're going quick.

voters. donald trump made two campaign stops in the state of nevada, one at a christian academy and another to a room full of supporters. at both he talked about his running mate's performance last night. >> hillary clinton took a day off today but she had several of her major supporters out on the road for her including her husband, former clinton. earlier today the former president made a stop in youngstown. it is the second of two days the former president spent on the clinton campaign bus across the state. he was in steubenville yesterday. he said he didn't have time to get a hair cut but he took the

this is not a normal presidential election this year. when ohio has play add crucial role in past elections and how differently will it play out this year. >> hurricane matthew sets its sight on the east coast. >> it's not looking good for matthew. it looks like the system is strengthening. look at the white. that's more intense rain surrounding it. we'll talk about matthew and what it means for the east

. we are less than a week from the end of voter registration in ohio and a week from today early voteing begins. >>im while ohio remain a key battleground state, the dynamics have changed slightly. john, based on early polling, the state not nearly what we're seeing nationally. >> reporter: we're starting to see a shift, ohio charting a course away from its own. we decided to take a look. in 2008 as voter registration came to an end, people could be

light outside the cuyahoga board of elections. one left mid shift to get his form in on time. in 2008 the canada si of barack obama created enthusiasm. democrats at 36%, nonpartisans at approximate 8%, republicans at 8%. 8 years later independents the big gainer. >> we've seen an increase in republican, decrease in democrat, that may have something to do with what we're seeing in the polling. >> reporter: that's clinton holding an average lead nationally but trump holding it in ohio. >> we've seen some of the democratic core votes.

to see to reverse that -- >> she needs the enthusiasm from the demographics vote ever for obama. >> reporter: after six polls in a row that show trump leading in ohio, a positive sign this afternoon. clinton has a two point lead in ohio this afternoon. >> as the candidates try to grab every voter they they'll start preping for their debate. they'll faceoff in a town hall format style on sunday night. it will be held on sunday night in st. louis, missouri. you can watch it here on news 5. communities along the east coast in the possible path of the hurricane. they're starting to stock up. >> it could have landfall late tomorrow orielledly friday

coast since wilma in 2005. 11 people are reportedly died as it moved across the caribbean. five dead are in haiti. president obama was briefed by fema this afternoon. >> even as we prepare for the hurricane here at home, i want us to keep in mind that haiti, one of the world, already suffering from a range of disasters, has been hit really hard by the storm. >> parts of haiti that was hit hard by an erick back in 2010 is isolated again. bridges washed out, phones down, rescue crews having hard time getting to the people.

humanitarian disaster most likely occuring right now in haiti. days will tell what's going on. now we focus on the united states. are you ready? matthew is coming. let's take a look at what's going on right now. there are signs that matthew is strengthening. i'll show you what that means. let me grab by clicker and move on over here. you notice the brighter pink colors around matthew. there is a few of them. watch them begin to rotate around the center. these are colder cloud tops meaning greater convection. that is a sign of intensification. a category 3 storm with winds at 123 miles per hour but strengthening is likely occuring. i'd say as early as 11:00 tonight or in the morning could be a cat had.

right in line for a category 4 hurricane tomorrow and then look at this. look how close the average track brings the storm on friday to the florida coast. here is your cone of uncertainty. he could come inland here, stay out to sea here. the average track is here. fort pierce, slideing close today to na beach and the change here, it does not appear it or south carolina. it looks like it will curve around and slide back south. look at cleveland though. look at the sunset. take a gander at this. we love october weather like this in northern ohio. we do have rain showers to the west but don't worry. they're slideing north and east. for you, no rainfall. dry weather, satellite map

we have high pressure siting there. that's keep the rain away, acting like the hulk. 75 akron, 76 in cleveland, 77 mentor, 71 ashtabula. 79 in freemont, 81 in norwalk. 80 degrees or so in our area tomorrow. i would not be surprise fundamental your car thermometer reads 80 eggs the. averages in technical middle 60s. 88 the record in is the 51. no rainfall and none for a while. watch the cool down coming here. here is wednesday, here is thursday. 80, 79 friday and then notice the cool down for saturday and sunday. so app hint of fall coming in just in time for your weekend.

turning into 60s, staying dry and 4:30 start on friday, 70s for the entire ball game. incredible weather here. there is the high, the warmer air sneaking around the high keeping us warm. we'll keep the pattern going thru friday. tribe taking on boston and we'll root on our tribe for a playoff victory. mainly clear and dry. i'm going with 80 tomorrow. enjoy this. you know 80s in october is not common. 58 tonight for akron, couple of clouds. tomorrow 78-80 degrees. friday near 80. a couple of shower, saturday, 62 and a lake effect shower away from the browns game. >> have you been downtown? can you feel it?

gateway plaza. >> the tribe rolls in and their eyes on the post season. hakem is here showing us how they're getting ready. >> you can tell mark it feels phenomenal here at the park. coming up we'll give you a feel good story about the indians. that's coming up in sports,

. well, we would've loved to hear a report from progressive field tonight. he was happy about everything and the weather was great. >> we'll just take it from there. we're talking about the indianness and the red sox getting ready for their game tomorrow. trevor came on in relief, gave up a two-run home run to david ortiz. he started again, gave up four runs in five innings. baters hitting .386. >> going up against the lineup, all the experience they have, all the post season experience, it's going to be a lot of fun. all the preparations at this point, i've prepared to the best of my ability.

all that's left is to go out there and have fun. >> so game one tomorrow. it's om the first one. here is the pitching matchup, rick porcello. jason kipnis hits please .323, carlos santana has had success against him. he please went five and two thirds innings last time, gave up two runs and titos is going to throw out the first pitch. he watched his son guide the red sox and now he'll watch his son try to end cleveland world series drought. father and son share a special bond. >> being here in cleveland is about as close to a family feel

professional setting. it will be family. i'm going to walk him out to the mound or he'll walk me out. he's going to throw the pitch to brad mills who is as close to family as you can get. it'll be a very special moment. >> baseball is all about family. fathers and sons, mothers and daughters. >> what a moment for the two of them. >> i feel good about this. after th championship, the sky is the limit for the tribe. >> the monsters, the cavs and now the indians. >> hall of fame coming up. this is good. >> seven day, let's talk about what's coming up. 80 degrees. with e ear waiting for the new spam cook book to come out from danita. 79 and then the weekend is cooling down. we count have timed it beter 62

tribe games looking phenomenal. >> great. >> i have the midges on stand by. if they get out of control we're sending them in. >> you heard it here first. we'll see you back here tonight

tonight, the breaking news here. millions of americans now bracing for hurricane matthew. what could be a direct hit. hundreds of thousands already racing to get out. the mandatory evacuations at this hour. the deadly storm steam romming through the caribbean, the u.s. coastline next. the new track right here tonight. and is hurricane could circle around and hit twice? also tonight, the scare onboard a passenger jet. the owner who says his smartphone was burning, smoke in the cabin. this had been the fear all along. donald trump and his new attack late today, using bill clinton's own words, as hillary clinton now prepares for their second showdown. american secrets stolen? authorities say the government contractor and the top secret