Arms. Brood stains the ground where two little girls, three and nine years old. My grand baby was laying there in a pool of blood. Reporter were shot in a driveby. Sally davis was inside when a black car pulled up, the man inside screaming at her daughter. The man in the back seat pulling out a gun. They started firing, like seven shots. Reporter her granddaugh the hospital and nineyearold shot in the back and rushed to the hospital. Davis is scared. I hope they get caught and are going to pay for this crime they did. Reporter i just checked in with cleveland police. There have been no arrest in connection to the shooting but a story youllen only see on 5, a local boxing champ trades his title for a prison sentence after human trafficking. Tracy has all the details on the case. Reporter frank, ronnie pratt is a two time golden glove champ, his twiter feed accomplishments but hes traded tahlequah in a federal prison cell. He pled guilty to sex trafficking three young girl, the youngest being 13. He advertised them as Young College girls who like older men. We were able to intervene here and pose as an understood cover wanting to solicit one of the girls for sex. We were able to intervene and communication, sometimes using Text Messages to schedule what he called dates. He kept a portion of the money that was paid for the commercial sex act. Fbi agents said pratt had a gun that he use today intimidate the teens. Thats not the end of the story. Fbi agents say 54yearold richard purr connell was one of his customers and they charged him as well. The first customer locally to face and be convicted of federally charges in connection twardoski sex trafficking. We use the Term Customer or john and i do so with a lot of trepidation. For me, a 54yearold man who pays to have sex with a 54year old girl is a child rapist, not a customer. Reporter richard purr connell will be back in court in december to be sentenced. College student randomly targeted a the a rest stop is speaking out for the First Time Since the shooting. Rob that is reaction from the news room. Reporter the 18yearold has under gone three surgeries after being shot in delaware county. He was driving back to the college of wooster campus after spendsing the night at ohio university. He stopped at a rest stop and heas the shooter, sean johnson, later turned the gun on himself. The victim was upset once he found out the shooter committed suicide. He said why did he shoot me . This question will never be answered. Reporter the doctor said none of the six bullets that hit alex struck a major organ or artery. He does remain in critical a full recovery. Now to some new developments as one of our local bridal shops, filed a lawsuit over the 2014 ebola outbreak. Nurse amber vinson was one that was infected when a patient was being treated in dallas. She dresses. The shop failed to tauhid the warnings of the cdc. The shop had to be shut down for cleaning but owners say they could not escape the stigma and ended up closing for good. Right now preparations are underway along the east coast ahead of Hurricane Matthew. States of emergency have been and the carolinas. First its bareing down on haiti. Reporter in haiti, disaster teams are assessing the damage caused by reichs flash flooding and 145mile per hour winds. Many roads and houses destroyed by the killer storm. 17. 5 million in initial u. S. Aid is on the way. Wet. I lost everything. The water took it. Reporter floridas governor says matthew has claimed over a dozen lives so far and now the storm is pound the bahamas. Four different stations to get gas and no gas. Within half an hour the pal lets of generators were gone. Reporter people are florida, georgia and the carolinas have already declare add state of emergency. Millions ordered to evacuate in the next 48 hours. You could still have hurricane conditions on the coast. You please dont have to be near the center of the storm to have action. Reporter fema warning residents in the affected areas to leave before its too late. Floridas governor, rick scott, says thousands and National Guardsmen are standing by to confront what could be the largest large largest shirk evacuation in the state. Were looking at dry weather but we have showers and storms to our west moving this way. Theyre moving away from us. Here we go. 78 in cleveland. Downtown 77, mid70s in akron, canton and wooster. 72 in ashtabula. 6570 degrees at 8 00 p. M. And notice were dry and clear. Mid and upper 60s by 10 00 p. M. Another great evening to get outside and enjoy. Well give you the update on hurrican track a cooler weekend. Now for a news 5 exclusive investigation, were diging for answers on behalf hoff a local group known for helping others. But they say theyre not getting much help from others. Jonathan walsh is in the news room with an inside look at a special report that air tonight. The loyal order of moose is facing massive bill. Reporter yeah, its kind of serious. Thousands of dollars, no explanation in all of this. Do any of these numbers make sense to you . Ron no. Reporter al shaw is the governor of the small moose lodge. Weve either been flooded out or water running down the road. Reporter the Cleveland Water Department claims the lodge used hundreds of thousands of gallons of water in aen months time. Bob adler has be investigating the unexplained bill. That was more than a year ago and still no answers. I asked cleveland water to go on camera. They did not. They said they do not think there is an error on their part. The mayor got involved and he doesnt believe the numbers either. Reporter when they say weve done the calculations and they please dont think theyre wrong, what do you think . I think theyre wrong. Lodge has to pay the bill this is a group that dawes lot for the communities. They do a lot and this could shut them down. Reporter after our phone calls the Water Department showed up at the lodge. We were there too. Water reps took out the meters to test them. We didnt pay for it. Its not like we wept outside and said lets find our side. He came in and said its im possible. Reporter now there is so much more to the story. Check out my complete report on news 5 at 11 00 tonight. Ill show you how much these bills are and the amount of water that was supposedly used and ill show you results of the meet ever test. Thats tonight at 11 00. But who walked away a winer . Thats the big question. The blow by blow coming up and who the experts say won. Our team is checking every detail from the debate. Were ranking claims from both to let you know who is telling truth and who is spinning lies. The split second decision that could cost you tens of. Just 33 days until president ial election. Today both campaigns are declaring victory after last nights first and only debate for the Vice President ial candidates. The debate was filled with insults and interruptions. Neither governor mike pence or tim kaine was holding back. He went thru a very difficult time but he used the tax code just the way its supposed to be used and did it pence and kaine interrupted each other more than 100 times. Pence won on style and kaine won on substance but neither came out the clear winer. Both parties look forward to sundays president ial debate. Weve been checking some of the statements made. First in the clash over claim. Iraq has been overrun by isis because Hillary Clinton failed to negotiate Hillary Clinton failed to rene negotiate the status of forces. That is incorrect. The negotiations did fail to leave u. S. Troops in the country but the key discussions were between the white house and iraqi leaders and the agreement giving the u. S. Immunity. Pences statement mostly false. Last nights candidates made claims about immigration. Tim kaine went after donald trump. When donald trump spoke in phoenix he looked the audience in the eye and said were building wall and were deporting everybody. He said theyll all be gone. This is one of these ones where you can just go to the tape on it and has said. That is in reference to an august speech trump gave in arizona. Kaine was over simplifying trumps most represent deportation priorities. Trump was talking about immigrants who had committed crimes and theyd be the first to go. Trump also said people here illegal lithia want to be legal would have to return home and the statement was half true. Lets get a check on our weather here with chief meteorologist mark johnson. There are so many people in northeast ohio with connections to florida and really watching this development. It looks like somewhere around daytona is where its going to make its closest approach to the shore on friday. They have two days to get out. Right now all the hurricane warnens all the way up to orlando. Let me show you the rain. There is rain and thunder out there. Looks like it may move toward us. No. These showers and thunderstorms are pulling off toward the north and east. Good news is we stay dry and 78degrees in cleveland, 76 in akron, 72 in ashtabula. 70s at 6 00, near 70 at 8 00 and 60 at 10 00. Pleasant even fieldgoal youre staying out late. Thats a line of chill. Omaha at 70. There is cooler weather but its not coming our way just yet. Were enjoy the nice warm surge of air into 78 today and im thinking some could hit 80 degrees tomorrow and friday. Well string together more of the nice warm days. If youre going to a tribe game, there is a tribe game tomorrow. Tribe taking on boston tomorrow. 70 during ball game, 8 00 p. M. Start, mainly clear and warm. Temps falling back into the 630s. Boston, let me just warn you. Send the midge jits in reich we did to the yankees. Theyre on stand by in case we need them to attack. 58 degrees tonight, clear and starry. Dry and cool, absolutely outstanding weather. Were going to do it all again. Well show you temps in the 50s to start, 70s coming home to near 80 degrees. Staying sunny just like it was this morning. Now, how 7780 degrees, sunshine, well add a couple of clouds. Could be a little haze in the morning but its going to be another warm day. Absolutely outstanding weather to get outside and have some fun. Mow the lawn. Get outside and enjoy that. Well talk hurricanes. A lot of you have been asking what kind of impact the hurricane could have on ohio. Against efforts to keep your money safe. Why some are suing over the new chips in debit cards. Coming up tonight at 6 00, a bunch of kids caught shooting off rounds at a park and the Police Departments message for the wreck less shooters. Attention home owner, were looking for 30 participate. We started out looking for 50 homes. Thank you for your response. Were now down to 30 to eliminate this problem. Leakky, sag guy guters. Who wants to deal with that in the winter time . The only seamless one piece system, im talking about leaf guard. Its earned the Good Housekeeping seal. Theyve been in business since 194 of. All of the debris. Ask about the clogfree debris. Its not too late. Zip code and location are important. Youll get 77 off labor. Youll be compensated for your time. If you call now for your complimentary in home estimate you get a 25 visa gift guard. Consumer news now Major Credit Card Companies are getting sueed over the new chip readers. A judge says that Small Businesses can move forward with a lawsuit against the companies forcing them to use the chip readers. Businesses say the machines are too expensive and doesnt fully protect them from fraud. This could be a 6 billion case. Google unveiled the pixel taking on apples new iphones. It comes with an assist please antti built in and the 4 k video and free Unlimited Storage for photos and videos. The phones come in two sizes a. Five inch screen is 649 and there is a 57b. 5inch screen and thats 769. Right now the pixel is available to free order. Coming up next on news 5 at 5 00 aman hit for dead. We found out this is not the first time Something Like this happened along the same area of highway. How a couple pizza shop employees were able to save the lives of a couple overdoseing in their parking lot. At 5 30. The police are searching for gunmen after two young girls were shot last night a. Three yearold is still in Critical Condition after being shot in the forehead and the nineyear old shot in the back. Millions of americans in florida and the carolina are preparing to evacuate as Hurricane Matthew heads toward the southeastern united states. At least ten people are dead after the category 4 storm barreled reaching speeds of 145 miles per hour. Both campaigns are declaring victory after the Vice President ial debate between governor mike pence and senator tim kaine it was filled with insults and interruptions. The debate ended without a clear winer. Both parties are prepare being for the second president ial run in stark county. The crash happened in a stretch of highway that news 5 had investigated for a series of serious crashes in the pass. Bob jones joins us now. Right now detectives are hoping surveillance cameras may have captured something. Reporter they did check cameras from near by businesses but so far no luck with videos. A man was crossing 62 when kept going. It oo essential a very disturbing case but people that . Work around here say theyre not surprised by another tragedy on 62. Rescue crews rushed to the intersection just before 10 00 tuesday night but nothing could be done to save a man hit by a car. The name of the victim remain as mystery. 60s, white male, 59 and this point. Reporter car parts were left at the scene. It was properly a Hyundai Sonata and should have front end damage. I believe they wouldve known they hit someone or something. At that point its unfortunate they did not stop. Reporter angela works at a surplus star at the intersection. Its sad and disrespectful how somebody can hit and on someone. Reporter last year a new 5s investigation found more than 600 crashes over five years on a one mile stretch of u. S. 62 which included the Middle Branch intersection where this happened. 176 injuries and 4 fatalities from 2009 to 2014. Ive worked here a year and a half and ive seen half a a project to reconstruct some of the intersection but that wont start until 2018 and angela thinks the project should be fast tracked. I think they should have did Something Like five years ago. Its ridiculous. Reporter again, tonight, detectives say they have no idea on the identity of the victim but they suspect he lived in the area. Anyone who can pinpoint the name of the person or who have information on the damaged car should call the sheriffs department. Bob jones, news 5. Right now police are still looking for the driver involved in another deadly hitandrun just around the corner from this case. Christian thornton was hit in june off of u. S. 626789 all that was left at the scene was the fog lens cover from a chevy turns out workers at a cincinnati pizzaria were doing more than twirling dough. They jumped into action when a worker spot add man and woman unresponsive in a vehicle in the rest rapts parking lot. Put the seat belt on. Theyre purple. Her lips are purple. No telling how long they were siting here. They we died together. Like they were hugging one another. We pulled them apart and threw them back to clear their airways. Luckily the restaurant had narcan nasal spray on hand thanks to a local nurse. She gave it to them after a conversation with the employees about a growing drug problem in done area. Bright and sunny. We have blue skies over the football field. We have clear skies everywhere. There are rain showers and storms to the west. Fort wayne northward to grand rapids. We may see one or two clouds from the storms moving in well after midnight tonight. 76 in akron and wooster, 77 oleary to downtown, 76 in ashtabula. Temps in 9 00 p. M. , slowly falling thru the 60s. Itll be a similar morning tomorrow like this morning. Phenomenal l. How long will it last . Find out coming up. A potentially life saving trip to the emergency room could result in unexpected bills even if you have insurance. Consumer reports looked into two emergency brain surgeries after he hit his head and suffer add brain bleed. He thought his medical insurance would cover the cost. Instead, he was hit with more than 90,000 of bills. I was shell shocked. Reporter what john didnt know is that about two thirds of emergency room doctors are independent contractors and may not be covered emergency happens. Ask your hospital of choice whether the er doctors will take your insurance too. Reporter ambulances, lab services and special equipment can also fall into the out of network category, potentially costing patients thousands of dollars. Consumer reports say if you get out of Network Bills dont pay your insureer. Confirm that with the bills and confirm theyre not in your plan. Ask your provider if theyll settle for what the Insurance Company has already paid. Some doctors will negotiate with you. You can appeal to the agency in your state that regulates the insurance carriers like john did. It has taken him a year but hes finally seen a reduction in his bill. You have to do your Research Reporter several states have laws on the books to prevent people from being charged out of network fees for hospitals, doctors and more. Dont pay an extremely high er bill without checking first. The secrets behind the smiles. A familiar face at Progressive Field opens up about her the nation. Were taking closer look at the social media threat involving clowns and the claims across the country about the clowns. Right now make it your day. No joke, here are your winning. In my world of weather lets check on Allison Kirkpatrick on facebook. She has sherman celebrating fall. Now some great photography from this morning from a little bit and haze and fog. Misty sunrise in the cuyahoga al valley. Colors. Another one from amy olah from the farms. So, send me your great pics of fall. Like follow and post. Now a story youll only see here. Domestic violence awarenessen month. One in three women are victims. You likely know one yourself without realizeing it. They live life never letting anyone in. Cruz shareed her survival story with lauren brill, a message of hope for all women facing Domestic Violence. He was kicking me and wrapping his arms around my neck on and me. Reporter it was a dark time in gabs life. She was enrolled there the university and dating help high school sweetheart. I didnt want to leave the relationship. I loved him despite this side of him. Reporter she en doored and i worked to make life loveable for him. I was devastated in the end to try everything and i tried allotted to be perfect. I was trying to achieve something unachievable, to be perfect for him and still knowing that was not enough. It devastated me to know the relationship would never work. Im just going to take off. Reporter she made a choice not to walk run away from an unhealthy relationship. I joke and tell people i do running because i cant afford therapy. Its great for everything and i think this was definitely a place where running helped me thru to. I please didnt win a single race when i was with him, not a single race. Championships, a trip to nationals. Nothing was ever good enough. Leading by example, showing men how to act. Reporter she started a Nonprofit Organization to discuss Domestic Violence with youth like the football team. We are goal oriented around educating young acceptable and unacceptable. Reporter the sun is starting to shine in gabs life. Coming from a few years ago to now, its like wow. Reporter shes now faster than ever, making strides toward a beter and brighter future. I cant change him torr way he is, anything about him, but i can change the conversation we talk about healthy relationships. Thats closure enough for me. You can learn why she decided to share her story and find out where to get help. Its on the news 5 app. A michigan woman suspect making history. Shes the first to grace the cover of a national magazine. She took her first run four years ago app comment on social media. You please dont see many covered american muslims like me and i wanted to change that. This wife and stay at home mom of three says she wants on the continue to be an inspiration to others like her. She has run several marathons and shes featured in the october issue of womens running. Good for her. This has a lot of people the weather center, the hurricane. Yeah, Hurricane Matthew has been a category 4 or 5 storm than any other storm in the atlantic since 200 of. 2006. I want to show you the latest. Maximum sustained winds remain at 120 miles per hour. That makes it a strong ca here. Visible satellite. Watch the eye. Were beginning to see a thickening of the clouds on the northside and thats an indication of strengthening. Im thinking matthew will be a category 4 as early as 11 00 tonight or in the morning as it look at how close it comes today to na friday. Friday, fort pierce right here. Thats close too. Its going to ride up along the florida coast. Will it hit the coast . Not sure yet there. Is a wide cone of uncertainty still from here to here. Well keep an eye on it. A live look at wooster. We have blue skies overhead. I love the shots showing whats 76 in akron. We have 78 at hopkins, 77 downtown and mid70s for chagrin falls, burton at 74. 80, fremont, 81 in norwalk. Some of these 80s are going to shift in. Its going to feel like summer time. 6 00, low 70s for 7 00 and 8 00. Any clouds in your neighborhood will be in and out. It should be a good night for star gazing. 63 degrees by 10 00 p. M. Here is app front stalling out a little bit sending showers and storms to the north, eventually moving north and east of us. This high is doing its job for another two days keep and cool at bay. Tomorrow is a big game. 70s to start, 60s to end. Mainly clear skies for greater cleveland. Tomorrow well touch 830 or get close. Mainly sunny. Akron, canton, 5860 tonight. A few cloud, cool start tomorrow. My noon youre near 70 and for the afternoon, by the time the get out of work were talking 78 degrees. Mainly sunny all day long. The seven day, friday near 80 again but here is saturday. Lower and middle 60s with afternoon rain. Should be dry for the browns game. 5862 degrees. Thank you mark. Here is whats coming unat 6 00. Residents in one town are fed up and concerned for their own safety. Randomly firing off guns near their home. Is the buckeye states power as a must win starting to dwindle. With the uncertainty that is the rex, we take a look at the states role in november. Reports of creepy clowns continue to rise and it was a topic of discussion at the charges after making clown threats against garfield heights. The teen admitted to creating an instagram acount. Selfnesses dentsville happened earlier this week. Three sixth grade girls confessed to clown threats directed at the schools. Police plan to file charges against the students. From threats to sightings and madison corneyup enco try to stop the trends, the white house is now weighing in. Reporter a scary prank sweep the nation, creepy clown sightings sending some towns into a frenzy. The topic of clowns were brought up during white house briefing. Local Law Enforcement is taking it seriously. Reporter from california. Since. I got trampaled yesterday. Reporter in texas someone using the profile of tim slaughter in a scary face posting list of schools he planed to visit. 22 states reporting threats of clown violence and thats not all. He was all in black, black gloves, hood up and a mask on. Reporter in oregon a woman claims a man in a clown mask tried to attack her. In michigan a boy claimed a person dressed like a clown cut him with a knife. In South Carolina some claims of a clown trying to lure kids clown costumes. Thats it for news 5 at 5 00. Frank and lee, residents are on edge as bullets are coming dangerously close to their homes. Gunshots are being heard more and more and residents believe the gunshots are coming from teen whose are playing around. Plus, he was a local boxing champ that has traded in the boxing ring for a jail pleaded guilty to. News 5 at 6 00 starts in two minutes. Couple of women walking thru. A major cause for concern with some neighbors. They say theyve heard gunshots near their homes. They say its 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 shes been here two years. It was on the radio and everything. Reporter shes 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
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