what pushed matthew desha over the edge? and where there look into his background including a past road rage incident. >> matt wright what did you find out today square matthew desha she says that he has weapons color says she took this picture of him with a handgunay and 2011 common resulting in a charge of using weapon while intoxicated. >> he's got a picture and never said that he is pointing a gun at her and it was not true >> two months earlier, a warning of this north ridgeville police reportin noting that he suffers from ptsd, sleeps with a loaded weapon, and two officers should respond to any incidents and there are several weapons in th house. >> he would getett real nervous the time thinking that people were after himnea. that's why think you carry that assault rifle with him. to say that he slammed on his brakes and then got out to yell, nobody charged. >> > he said a couple times peo would tailgate him coming so he would slam on the brakes. he faces up to life imprisonment after a confrontation, this time leavin

desha is a military vet who suffers from post traumatic stress disorder. we go now live to harry boomer as a candelight vigi solon. harry? >> reporter: all right, romona. right now, the news conference is going on now. a vigil will be taking place later on. there are 7 groups, a community group from cleveland out here to say they believe matthew desha's shooting of deborah pearl was a hate crime. they are saying if he had been a muslim it would have been thought of as being a terrorist. thought of being a thug. because a white man shooting a black person it is thought he has mental problems and ptsd and they are saying they want some clarity on that. they are saying why was he a guy on the west side on the east side getting in an accident with a woman and shooting her while her hands were up. i talked to khalid about that. >> after the accident, he gets out of a car with a mi defenseless woman who raises her hands up in a nonaggressive position and he shoots her. >> he doesn't proceed to shoot anybody else that was out there. you know, so consequentially,

. >> reporter: matthew desha was a member. he was a marine and served overseas. the commander here told me exactly what i heard from his neighbors that he was a nice guy but suffered from ptsd and he stopped getting the help he 29-year-old matthew ryan desha is a marine who served overseas in iraq. neighbors here say matt was a quiet nice guy. kathleen considered matt a close friend. he suffered from ptsd from his time spent fighting overseas. that's what must explain the unexplainable. >> he was always a sweet never expect him to do something like that. say if somebody was attacking you. i think when the car flipped, he's been in the car -- war mode. >> reporter: we spent time looking over his criminal record. at 5:00. cleveland 19. >> thanks, denise. we're also getting answers about the rifle he used. >> we're only getting a partial picture at this point. the investigators have yet to tell us exactly what kind of rifle. what they have told us is this was a 5.56 millimeter rifle. what does that tell us? only tells us the size of the car tragedy. here it is a rou

. >> matthew desha is no stranger to the place herere where he is listed in a dozen police report between 2,008 in 2013 they say that the marine corps veteran suffering from ptsd after serving in iraq. a friend shows this picture of him with a loaded handgunow and 2011 in fr of his pine ridge mobile home: he says they were joking around come with a neighbor called the police. and charged him with using a weapon while intoxicate come in two months earlier a police report noted that he suffers from ptsd. slaves as a loaded weapon and two officer should respond to his address a road rage incident which the slammed on his brakes on center ridge road and no charges in that incident. friend said that he quit his foreign job and seemed depressed. >> emwas not taken his meds don think you got the right help he said people don't respect us: we fight for their freedom comin clipped himng and put them back into war mode. in our response at his mother's home in north ridgeville thousands nationwide are asking prosecutors to their 2-year-old girl accused o killing her father: the girl's mother and att

learned today that the accused shooter's name is matthew desha being held on bond. his neighbors tell us that he has struggled ever since leaving the military in 2008. investigators have been digging into desha's background. he has a history of problems? >> that's right, rob. we found the deeper we look into his background that the more issues we uncovered. turns out that desha was already facing a felony charge before the shooting this weekend. he was charged with found a .9 millimeter handgun in his car when they pulled him over in boardman, ohio last may. that's not all. officers also found drug paraphernalia and a white powder that he claimed was caffeine mixed with epsom salt. he eventually confessed that, "he used to be a heroin addict, but had been sober for a month." and just as troubling. serving in the marines back in 2007 when he was convicted of driving drunk after an accident. police said that he fled the scene of the crash and he caused property damage. on your side i'm investigator sarah buduson news channel 5. >>> right now the search is underway for

desha is a military vet who suffers from post traumatic stress disorder. we go now live to harry boomer as a candelight vigi solon. harry? >> reporter: all right, romona. right now, the news conference is going on now. a vigil will be taking place later on. there are 7 groups, a community group from cleveland out here to say they believe matthew desha's shooting of deborah pearl was a hate crime. they are saying if he had been a muslim it would have been thought of as being a terrorist.

appear before a judge today. >> been charged with a count of murder. >> 29-year-old matthew ryan desha of north ridgeville appeared nervous making his firstof court appearance before bedford judge brian mellen he fielded questions via courtroom camera. >> red light at solon road in ridg road crashing into deborah pearl's car and she was going t work in southeast harley-davidson they say that h crawled out who is overturned suv with a rifle in hand shooting her two death outside of her passenger door. the pastor from the church says tha she wasas 20 years. so much to her family into our church. >> the 29-year-old come with unemployed,'s been talking to the police althoughomt very transferable police do not reveal what he saidid and not y determined a motive behind the killing y company spokesman says that the investigation does not crime although all possibilitie are being considered.t judge brian melling ptsd is a factor is a question that remains unanswere for the police and the victim's family and friends >> we are wounded comeme and we trust god to see is believing as christians we

dozens packed bedford muni court wednesday during a brief hearing for the suspect matthew desha , who pled not guilty waived his right to a preliminary hearing this case will be sent to the cuyahoga county grand jury. got out of his vehicle with a rifle walked up to her car and began shooting cars pass by he then fired at passing vehicles. one of witnesses told him to put his gun down and theyo stayed with him until the police arrived. he was yelling at someone kille his father, nobody else was him and that matt desha do not know the victim, he said he served i the marines ptsd and is bipolar. he said h was not taken his medication. you see the amount of love that today marks the first day ohio brewers and vars can serve beer withh no cap on the amount of alcohol, transplanting, and market garden brewery >> ohio city is the epicenter o the localal brewery scene marke garden just opened this new 43,000 square foot brewery the latest is 15 percent alcohol.l. that's now possible thanks to a new state law it eliminateses t previous served in the state is meant to help the craft brewing in

desha served in iraq. witnesseay 53-year-old deborah pearl after his jeep crashed into her car at an intersection. neighbors we talked to earlier this week told us he suffered from ptsd and had previous encounters with police. family and friends of deborah pearl packed the courtroom and didn't want to speak to us on camera today. there's a community vigil to remember us this evening and gets underway at 5:15 in front of the solon city hall. >>> getting answers, chris tanaka cleveland 19. >> mark: thank you, chris. >>> florida bracing for tropical storm hermine flooding portions of the gulf coast and threatening to bring strong winds and as much as a foot of rain cbs don champion is watching the storm. >> even before hermine became a named storm parts of the gulf coast were soaked. low-lying areas quickly including debbie's neighborhood gulfport outside of tampa. she was fighting ankle-deep water putting sandbags outside her mother's house. >> the water has been bad and pump inside we have ready to go to fl

matthew desha was arraigned on a murder charge and given a $1 million bond. he ran a red light and hit deborah pearl's car on saturday, and shot the 53-year-old to death. commander jim hurdinski has known desha for years, and his ptsd may have contributed to the crime. >> he could have thought that he's back in the war zone again, and you know, who knows what you're thinking of at this point. when you have something like that go wrong and all of a sudden you're -- you think you're back there fighting in iraq. >> brian: investigators say desha and pearl did not know each other. >> tia: that's a tragic story. post" earlier, and i found this interesting. the pen in 2007, 94 bucks. shot up to 609 bucks, and now we're saying this generic could be half that. that's crazy. 94 bucks. >> brian: still overpriced. >> tia: now a generic option for the drug could come out in the next few weeks. this is after a heavy dose of criticism for mylan, over the cost of the shot life-saving for those suffering from severe allergic reactions. nichole vrsansky is getting answers thi

. >> matthew desha charged with murder his bond set at $1 million cash he is 29, unemployed marine veteran accused of killing a driver after a relativelylyoy minor tr accident. >> he is in jail, his arraignment in a bedford, more than a dozen family members of debbie pearl who was shot and killed saturday morning on her red light into her car. the su rollover, the driver then got answered in her multiple times, he was arrested there at the same, she died about an hourti, later at the hospital or pastor goodfriend spoke to the familyh after the arraignment said that it is her facece and there's th will guide them. >> s it is a baffling mystery, that something as basic as simple as a car end up as a homicide. it is just beyond our comprehension. and we ask god to lead us into help us to understand. > matthew desha will be back before the judge wednesday wher he will decide whether or not wave his preliminary hearing or , we will be back for that with much more reaction from the family coming up later at 45 a 6:00 p.m. thank you stacey frey. residential politics vice president joe biden will

they searched his home and a witness gave cell phone video the shooting, matthew desha locked up and not known when the grand jury will hear the case. a day after announcing that teachers will not be striking, the teachers union president says it is a good contract for students and educatorsrs the teachers have been without a contract since june have been trying to work out a deal sends last year the negotiations culminated with a marathon session resulting in a tentativ agreement,t a major sticking point.have been teacher compensation directly tied to annual performance ratings, teachers will have a chance to look over the deal beforere voting to accept the deal or not. >> we had a system with the evaluation we believe it's much fairer and that the members wil understand and see it as supporting them in the classroo so we really tackled some of th districten. schools ceo eric gordon released a statement to fox 8 which reads- today marks the first day ohio brewers and bars can serve beer with no cap on the amount of alcohol, but that lead to morereon drunk driving problems? as matt w

. >> r matthew desha is no stranger to place a north ridgeville named in a dozen police report between 2,008 in 2013, they say that the marine veteran suffer from ptsd and had some issues with after service, took a photo of him with a loaded handgun in 2011 in fron of his pine ridge mobile home, she said that they were joking aroundnd at a neighbor called police and charged him with using a weapon while intoxicated two months earlier, a police report noted that he suffers from ptsd, sleeps with a loaded weapon and two officers should respond back for any incident cited for operating while intoxicated for speeding down a near nagel road at twice the speed limit and the policece last summer and eight road rage incident after he slammed on hi brakesas a then got out and yel at the man, no one was charged a friend tells fox 8 that he quit his flooring job a few weeks ago and seemed more depressed. >> b was not taken his meds i health:is the said people do n respect as we fight for their freedomo and all they want to d is judge, i think that that car accident put them back in that war mode

solon police arrested matthewdrt desha a 29 year old former marine who served two tours in iraq.. he was arraigned monday on one count of murder. desha lived in north ridgeville countpolsearch of police recordo illness, weapons and road ragene charges.ss, wea friends, neighbors, even police say he suffered from ptsd.pons e charge he wasn't taking his meds, i don't think he was getting theat right help.help. he said you know people don't respect us. we go to war, fighting for their freedom and all they want to be is judgmental.l. he said y y respec i think when that car flipped it just put him back in that war mode or something.r i don't know why he did that because, like i said, he had a i doateart, always respected me. beca i was starting to love him liket a son, i just can't understand why he would do that.ing to love my goodness. we'll have more on this story t coming up sin just about 30ut minutes and more of course one n our website fox8.com. in other headlines today.er heat two odgame changing developmentv in the battle against the heroin in the battle in northeast ohio. cle

she is desha began her law enforcement career back in 1986. now, while she is on leave captain. mark kohler has been appointed the acting chief and, he heads up the police department investigation division so a major shakeup at the police department diane stewart on administrative leave, because of some sort of personnel investigation. and we are hoping to learn out more information. >> all right. it's early. we will check in to find out more. >>> also happening, the san jose city council is expected to approve a state of emergency declaration that could help with the city's police staffing shortage. would allow the city to suspend some parts of the police officers union contract. also, 50 detectives would be taken out of specialized positions including the gang task force and put out on the street. that would help them meet minimum staffing levels and cut overtime. if they approve the declaration officer assignments would change september 11. >>> republican presidential nominee donald trump was campaigning and fundraising right here in the bay area. raising money for his campai

packed the bedford municipal court wednesday during a brief preliminary hearing for the suspect matthew desha who pled not guilty. this case will be sent to the grand jury. according to police report they say he got out of his vehicleey with the ar-15 ri and started shooting , she crawled out of the passenger side as he continued to shoot with cars passing, he fired of a half-dozen shots and other vehicles. >> according to reports one of the witnesses convinced him to put down his weapon, two of the stayed with him until police they also told police that he was yellingng that someone killed his father, they said that no one else wasom with him at the time the crash and that he did not know the victim.th you told detectives he served in the marines and suffers from ptsd and was bipolar. he said he had never taken his medications. he says he wants justice for his mother and will contie there were no words you do see the amount of love that she had for everybodyerds and every for her that's why we will be supporting her to the end of time. >> peggy gallek fox 8 news. the i-team asking questions

. >> reporter: kathleen sal door noticed a change in 29-year-old matthew desha. >> i can tell that he was agitated lately. >> reporter: he also stopped taking his med -- medication, which suffered even with medication. >> he didn't trust the what they were doing to people. >> he would go back home and beat on the walls. >> reporter: his troubles prompted others to step in recently and invite matthew to go with them to church. he agreed last week to go on sunday. but sunday morning matthew was sitting in a jail cell. >> we didn't think that he would go through something like this. i figured he was capable. >> when matthew twinsburg woman, deborah pearl with an ar-15 rifle after their cars crashed here at the intersections. matthew ran a red light. the two did not know each other. >> he was also the kind of person that you could tell that somebody was, you know, like messing with him like a guy picking a fight with him that you'll get in trouble. >> when he got in that accident his mind went back to iraq, you know, he thought maybe that woman was after him. >> reporter: that's how these

. >> reporter: today a judge set desha's bond at $1 million. he will be back in court on wednesday. his family and pearl's family plan to be there. and jimmy will likely be there too. >> a sad story on that front. >>> over on the campaign trail, hillary clinton will be back in cleveland next week just in time for labor day. the democratic presidential nominee district congressional parade and address the crowd in the afternoon. the event is sponsored by marsha fudge and typically an opportunity for democratic candidates and office holders to connect with greater cleveland's african american community. >>> after controversy over massive price hikes, the company that sells the epipen has announced a generic version. it will launch the first couple weeks. the generic will cost $300. which is half of what the brand will cost. it will be identical to the brand name version. the auto injector is preloaded and used when a person has a severe allergic reaction. >>> physician attitudes are changing when it comes to parents who refuse to vaccinate their children. pediatricians are pushing bac

but we trust and believe in the criminal justice system, that >> catherine: matthew desha did him. they did not say anything on his behalf. bond was set at $1 million. we are looking for more information and friends are sharing memories. we'll have live reports coming up starting first at 4:00. >> laura: thanks, catherine. a cleveland woman arraigned this morning on vehicular homicide charges. portia harris plead not guilty to those charges. the judge ordered her held on $50,000 bond. harris is accused of motorcycle rider on east 71. the rider, shanny dizzard, was a former police officer. >>> police are investigating two smash and grabs in the past three days. this morning, someone drove their car through the window at the family dollar in newburg heights. whoever it was got away with arm loads of stuff early saturday morning someone did the same thing at a family dollar in cleveland. >> laura: a richland county woman being held on $10,000 bond. sarah roberts is accused of step by stepchild care in mansfield. >> brian: an akron man charged with selling heroin to nearly 30 people wh

. >>> matthew desha in court by video was charged with murder. a two-time iraq vet that his neighbors tell us leftim all i can say. it wasn't a hate crime. i can't believe he did that. i feel so bad for her, too. >>reporter: as police work through the crime, deb's extended family looked up tontd and said her name [ yelling ] >>reporter: hoping she knows the mark she left down here. >> you have no idea. i'm keeping it together. i can't get in front of the apartment 2 blocks before i have can't -- she's not there. >>reporter: she worked at southeast harley davidson and was beloved by her friends there. they were there tonight at that vigil. the suspect is being held on a $1 million bond. he'll be back in court on wednesday and a small army of her friends and family will be in the back of the courtroom. >> feel so bad annual the word is random. just how precious life is. >> 7:30 on a saturday morning driving to you think it's safe and everything changed. >> thank you. >> we're talking about the vitality and the well-being of the residents of the cit

debbie pearl has three sons, a grandmother, left a deep impact on all of those who knew her, matthew desha sai that he lived alone with his ca he suffered fromc ptsd and had that they ran to my car and wer going to kill my father. this case will be transferred to downtown municipal court with more on this later tonight. lorain family in morning after a hospital s >> and maia belay has more on this incident.. something went down terribly bad and i will not wish this on anyone else.thw pearleane bohannon wants to meager great-granddaughter .oh'nae >> we were looking forward to because she wanted a girl so bad. >> stillborn in six months, in the mist of the family grave, there would be no remains very, mercy regional medical center i think it is discussing a never heard of anything like thisss how do you lose a baby? >> the hospital staff says that she wass discarded with the laundry, and she says that the hospital staff was cruel delivering the heartbreaking news. >> they do not have the decency to call her to come to the hospitall they told her on the phone while she wasn't driving and she

investigators say desha and pearl did not know each other. >> romona: tonight 1,000 pharmacies offer the heroin overdose antidote narcan without a prescription. that's a total of 47% of all ohio pharmacies. last year narcan was used nearly 20,000 times to save someone from an opioid over dose. >> denise: we are digging deeper into the hazing football camp for lake catholic high school players. we got our hands on the police report and the graphic details in it. sara goldenburg is getting answers tonight from lake county. >> reporter: this police report sheds more light on the hazing allegations. we are told some nudity was involved, and if a student captured it on their smartphone they may have been breaking the law of the lake catholic's football team facing scrutiny as the school year kicked off in mentor. the team held summer camp at john carolve july 11th to the 13th. this police report shows five upper class men foot -- football players under investigation for hazing two under class men. surveillance video from the hall lounge captured it all. the two underclassmen were allegedl

. >> they searched his home, when escape cell phone video of the , matthew desha remains in jail and not known when the grand jury may hear the case. we do not know why he was so far away from his home at that time of day? >> the place of not care that exhalation they're still investigating, he lived in nort ridgeville and this happened in solon ed it occurred at about 7: more to learn. i-team asked questions about a suburban school lockdown that has social media buzzing this morning with reports of a student with a gun in the building.wi is used for the clifton heights school. there was no gun found despite rumors , the school day going to lock down for about 90 minutes. eighteen has a video of a downtown crime wave. >> targets downtown, downtown workers there and ed gallek has more. i team found that the themes are smashing car windows and parking lots even stealingme wheels off cars , downtown workers are fed up. my driver's window was busted out and glass was everywhere. on a brand-new car. >> they broke in and opened up and went through it. stories like that are piling up, downt

that is what happened when -- happens when a's desha storm sits and spends. this brought us gray weather and rain and yucky nest last weekend. we don't have that here now. we do see some showers for the to the south. as we east with a rivergate tower camera you can see a few lightning strikes. this is not reaching the ground. mostly cloudy strikes. again we are going to be witnessing this as we look further off and see some of those showers moving towards us throughout the day. once again we are keeping an eye on conditions through southern louisiana although you can see most of the rain has moved to the of new orleans. they are in for a soaking across the florida straits into the southern part of the state and we will see though showers make it towards us by later on. here is a look at the current temperatures, right now at 80 degrees in tampa and clearwater. st. petersburg with 78. 75 and brooksville. 76 zephyrhills and haines city. plant city, bartow, 79. 76 also in crystal river. the thing worried about is that we have more moisture in the atmosphere to w

. >>> deb pearl's family came harley davidson just after 7:00 saturday morning when matthew desha crash into her in solone and then got out and shot her with a shotgun. she's charged with murder, held on $1 million bond. he's due in court tomorrow. >>> the battle continues over the annexation in east cleveland after the council held an emergency meeting to vote once again to enter negotiations with there's been a will the of heat over the list from east cleveland in the first proposal. >> 4 last week's proposal rejected by cleveland leaders after city council president kevin kelly said it's a quote, non starter. east cleveland city council clarified saying those were not demands but talking points. with cleveland passing ordnance and remove the list of items that received a backlash. the new ordnance is forwarded to east city council little tax space, no economic development. even though members voted to begin negotiations once more last night, not everyone thinks merging with cleveland is the only way out. >> stop making this -- i need east cleveland to go, come back. individual leadin

one report written by north ridgeville police warns that desha sleeps with a loaded gunct desha sleeps with a loaded gun and officers should only respond with backup. he'd get real nervous all the time thinking people were aftere him.re aft er that's why i think he carried that assault rifle with him. when he wasn't drinking he was a very good neighbor, very polite. as far as neighbors and police receiving any sort of medication all of that part of the investigation at this point. locked up here million dollars cash bond back before the judge wednesday and debbie 's family'y plans to be in court to. understandable. appreciate the update a horrible situation. a cleveland police officer is home this morning, following a cruiser accident with another car.r. ser ac it happened around 10:30 last night, at east ninth street and night, at east ninth street and euclid avenue. a ki to its front end, while the police cruiser's passenger side was hit. ems crews were called to the scene, to treat the officer and the other driver.driver. several police agencies work together to capture some smash a