where he was spotted last no most with a loaded shotgun. reporter according to a report released here boot metroparks just a short time ago that man was in the metroparks in the picnic area of the Rocky River Reservation in the first week of december with a loaded riffle. thats when a Good Samaritan walked up to him and convinced him to put it down. a moment later described that came after he prayeded to god for help. for the first time were getting a time line of events leading up to the blast that killed a family of four this week. one that begins with the report that the father of the house was suicidal. new reports from the Summit Countys mes office and metroparks reveal he was depress and heard voices telling had him to kill himself. something that would land him in the hospital where he spent three days. in torment after a job reassignment from where he worked after 20 years. and though he returned to work things just werent the same. though his wife first texted relatives january 6th to say things were fine that changed three days later and by january 11th, the day of the blast it appeared no one was able to reach her. finding a charred gas can near the body the state fire marshal quickly ruled it was arson and tonight investigators confirmed to channel 3 that they are looking into it as a possible murder suicide. according to investigators there was no history of Domestic Violence for the couple married 20 years. and the Summit County mes office has officialed not said what killed the family. the neighborhood is planning a vigil tomorrow night outside their home marking the time the blast took place. of a threeyear old is in jail on one and a half Million Dollar bond. he appeared in court this morning for his arraignment. hes one of two men suspected in the murder of major howard. police say shots fired in a drive by shooting killed the child. authorities still looking for lindsay, another suspect who is tied to the murder. we are learning more tonight about an accident involving three school buses. it happened yesterday afternoon. police say it appears to be a rear end crash that caused a Chain Reaction with the busses. they had all just left the high school. police do not suspect alcohol nor drugs as factors. 19 statutes and one bus driver sustained minor injuries in that accident. there is to doubt that police k9s a vital part of the force and today the Canton Community held a moving ceremony the line of duty. the community gave threeyear old jethro a Police Funeral today honoring him as a fallen officer. people packed the Memory Cemetery as the Police Department said goodbye to one of their own. the shield he wore and know he served with pride and honor. hundreds attended the service to honor the k9 officer who was killed in the line of duty last weekend. he was helping his partner during a robbery at a Grocery Store when he was shot. he later died from those injuries. and there is no greater love than to lay ones live life down for his friends. this type of sacrifice will never northbound during the ceremony the officer accepted a flag for his service and they gave him one last call over the radio. . we thank you for your service. the burglary suspect charged in connection with the death faces several charges. hes in arraignment. city and county leaders call it a critical measure and its up for a rule. they kicked off the campaign for the health and Human Services levy today. thousands of people benefit from promise that are funded agencies helps people from all over northeast ohio. the nowaks never thought theyd services. i thought it was a hospital that dealt with the underprivileged, the poor, the needy. they learned quickly of the trauma care when larry fell off his roof and broke more than 50 bones. the man who some thought would never walk let alone survive is now dancing with his wife. it creates such a capability for this city that so many other places in the country would die to have and sometimes die because they dont have. metro is one of the several agencies that benefits from the levy that appears on the ballot. other agencies including children and family services, alcohol drug addiction and mental health. juvenile court, senior and Adult Services and it is not a tax increase, its a renewal of funding. to protect services throughout the county. last year over 200,000 families used the help of the services. that is an amazing number. thats 200,000 in a year. now, its a 4. 8 no tax on the ballot. it will generate 133 million a year if approved. the own of a a 100,000 home would pay about 147 a year. its the same theyve been paying and really a critical tax. thanks for hanging in there. you and i a little bit of a mess about the k9 story about the fallen k9. wow. all right. Three very lucky people will have to split that huge the lucky folks in california, florida and tennessee. the new millionaires havent come forward yet but that hasnt stopped celebrations. customers flock to california to celebrate how close they came to winning. that story gets a a store gets a Million Dollars for selling the Winning Ticket and each of the winners will get roughly 530 million, that is before taxes. it doesnt have to be the top selling retailer in the country. how about this erie view towers news stand sold a Powerball Ticket thats worth 1 million. and so the owner gets 1,000 for selling the ticket. plus bragging rights. the store now displays a big sign showing how lucky it is. two other stores sold tickets when we come back monster movies. how the monster helped them pursue other projects. plus the Great Lengths a towing company took to free a . two local filmmakers start their quest to make a documentary about a monster. now, theyve turned it into a series documenting two more legends, one in new york and one director and producer, good to have you back. thanks for having us. put it it in a little bit of a synopsis for us. they saw this unknown creature on a hill that kind of bloom into this huge local legend. how was that received . it was great. yeah, tons of friends. weve had a lot of screens officer the summer. this is the next one, the best of white hall. spotted in the 70s two years prior so 76 is when this one happened and its a fascinating case because it involves not the typical of kids seeing monster it involves Law Enforcement as well that had a when youre scoring the movie, what is that like small what are you look to go create. you have to see what the scene needs and translate that in the music. so its essentially a puzzle and youre just trying to figure out what the pieces. so now that one is getting set to be debuted in the canton film festival. down in stark county and thats april 21st. okay so thats got to be exciting. now, that one is completed, right . done and ready to go. of bogy creek. a classic horror film. phenomenal. a classic film about this case, and it was about the cases that were taking place in ear can sauce around this same time. what have you found out about peoples fast nation with these stories . yeah, we find it it differs in different areas that we go into. so ohio is a little bit more accepting of it than new york is. so it kind of varies. its more like a local legend. new york is very stand offish about it. its a different type of it depends where you are. how do you think the one in arkansas will be received. i think theyre going to flip. theyre airing things tonight in the news about it. so will you continue to do this because there is a market and desire to see this . if we can continue doing what were doing right now the rest of my life id be happy as can be. a thanks for sharing. and good luck with the release of still to come oscar nominee and the some snubs, the glaring omission that critics say is disappointing and the film with the most nominations. plus maybe some relief from if you want to see some of the oscar nominees its time to the the other big award contenders and some snubs. we do what we have to do. it returns the director to the top of the oscar totem. it received 12 nominations including best picture and best director but one notable didnt make the list. it was the fact that scott did not get nominated for best director of the martian. other leading men including michael fastunder. in the best actress category, kate blanchet. and then theres the frontrunner. larson has the best chance to win. and stalone in creed. i was happy to see him on the list because he gives a great performance. there are always snubs and this year the talk is about ration bias. for the second straight time there are no people of color in any of the acting categories. a new tv show by lebron james and his Production Company is coming out over the summer. cleveland hustles is an unscripted series on the show investors and mentors. theyll be tasked with reinvite lysising neighborhoods. remember we showed you this carsicle. the driver in buffalo parked it in a lot in lake erie. the waves froze the car. today a towing crew used 350 pounds of calcium in a device to get the car out. one of the workers say its the first time hes ever seen anything like this in his 28 years in the industry but the company will defrost the car and wash it too and likely return it to its owner with little to no damage at all. waited, right for mother nature. not like several inches of ice. yeah, maybe by june. maybe, yeah. you know, thats how things go out there thats right. snow. lake effect is certainly we do have a big change thats going to be coming for the weekend but tonight its 40 and temperatures will hold relatively steady but the clouds the cold air to the north of us but very nice and warm and mild air to the south. that is coming our way. the problem is as the warm air comes north that will dislodge this cold air and that cold air is going to be swinging through and coming our way as we get into the end of the weekend and to start next week. we have clouds, a a a a lot of moisture that is streaming northward but the cold ear is tucked behind a big cold front, and it is expected to swing through tomorrow night and then the temperatures as we get into the weekend will be sliding. so well start with a peek of sun or two in the morning on our finally friday forecast. temperatures going to be in the 40s through the day. rain showers coming and going in the afternoon and evening especially. it looks like things trending later and later. we will start off in the upper increase thickening and you can see that by the afternoon we start to see a few sprinkle chances coming into the area. scattered rain chances for the afternoon. and well be in the 40s for much of the afternoon. then the cold fronted starts to come our way. you could see for the evening well bring some showers through, and behind that temperatures will start to fall off Early Saturday Morning and snow chance. so peeks of sun to start. temperatures into the 40s for the afternoon tomorrow. showers will be moving in and youll see we start to slide. things going to start off in the 30s on saturday. and slide into the teens, and the rest of your forecast into next week it stays cold only in the teens on monday ask that is going to be a cold day and also breezy. so the wind chills will be below zero on monday. then by the time we hopefully some High Pressure will come in and clear out some of the clouds and get to see some sun like today but ten colder. in about 35 minutes its the preview of a possible nba Championship Finals as we get set for the cavs. tip off is at 8 00 tonight. national tv and it should be that way he for the cavaliers their not be available for the cavs tonight of his uncle passed away so he is with his family. theyre perfect on their 1 game road trip. they won in dallas in overtime. they have won 9 straight coming in. theyre undefeated and overall 34 and 6. what a game. the type team great minds to play against and try to make the right plays, and hopefully we got some good play for you. flash back the last time the spurs lost at home, okay, last year in a regular season game last march and the cavs thats the team that knocked them off. irving had 57 points that night. he hit 7, three pointers. he three point line and won 1289125 in overtime. and that was a flash back instead of the way back machine. a very big difference. a big thanks to boy scott troop 263 in the studio here tonight. they are so quiet. you could take them to a golf tournament