learned today she was a firefighter. Brandon Simmons has the latest on the investigation. brandon, good evening to you. good evening. Tonya Johnson was an veteran firefighter. she was crossing six lanes of traffic. today her coworkers and family trying to understand happened. it was 4 00 p. M. yesterday when 911 calls came into dispatch. reports of a woman attempting to cross over re being struck by a vehicle. the woman identified as 43year old Tonya Johnson was a veteran they see a lot of tragedy and being paramedics, the same. but when Something Like this brings home how frail life is. police say johnson got in a verbal argument with her newly wed husband when they stopped on the side of the he car and walked across the southbound lanes, struck as she attempted to cross the long time friends describe how wonderful of a person she was. her being an American Woman in a male dominated industry at the fire was beloved and respected. thats all you need to know about her. he met with tonyas family, including her three devastated and wondering what happened out on route 8. What hell remember most about tonya. she prayed when things were and she prayed when things were bad. not a lot of people do prayed for me. we talked to police again ey say no charges will be filed against her husband at this time because it today, of course, her family is ng funeral arrangements for tonya. live in akron, brandon you. new at 6 00 tonight, dash cam video of the moments leading up to the arrest of a shaker f. chief bailiff jerome shepherd was arrested over the weekend. an officer over the bailiff for speeding. police smelled alcohol coming from the car. shepherd was arrested and refused to take sobriety tests. a renewal of the health and Human Services levy is an issue on the ballot. well talk about the big president ial caucus night out west. many ways. were talking about seniors. its important to try to keep seniors living independently in now, the program does that in Cuyahoga County for almost 1400 seniors. provides a helping hand. 81 of81 funding for the programs comes from the levies. she spends a lot of time in her apartment crafting rugs. its a loving project. i just love doing this. but she has trouble doing many things she used to. i have arthritis and copd. sometimes i do fall. you know, it scares me. every tuesday sharon gets household help from lois. she does laundry, house hours of help. for her to be able to hand that will on her own, it wouldnt happen, and she would need to go to assisted living. where do you think you would exist . i would probably consider a i love my home. issue 23 supports metro health programs, protects at risk children. its not a task hike. the owner of a 100,000 home would pay 147,000 a year. its predicted to pass. a lot is at stake. we shouldnt be lackadaisical. we shouldnt take anything for granted. we should do all we can. i dont have anybody. im by myself. ive got lois. shes the other half of my heart. now, seniors can afford to pay on a sliding scale do so for four hours a week. sharon pays 16 a month. Something Else to think about. as baby boomers get older, there will be a big need for these serious. okay. primary night coming up. its the republicans turn in nevada. what is expected to happen . the Wonderful World of caucuses. what is expected to happen is another big win for donald trump. looking stronger and maybe invincible every day. polls dont predict caucuses accurately. cruz and rubio battle each other instead of going after trump. he looks stronger every day. kasich is not expected to do well. i saw on our website today that trump actually leads john kasich in ohio, which is interesting. lets turn now to the democrats. Bernie Sanders will be in on thursday. Hillary Clinton opening her east side office tomorrow night. timing a coincidence, im sure. its have barack obama had his offices twice. a lot going on. thank you, tom berras. you bet. back here in Cuyahoga County with less than a month before the election, tim mcginty and mike omally including the handling of the tamir rice case and involvement in the commute. the city club hosted the debate. voters would decide on the countys next prosecutor on the march 15th primary. a holiday saving you money in stores could return this summer, but only temporarily. in a bill moving through the legislature. shoppers get a threedaybreak from the sales tax. if that bill passes, you can enjoy it august 5th through the 7th. the Greater Cleveland food bank today, all in an effort to drive out hunger. the game kicked off the annual harvest for food fun drive. the annual Campaign Raises money for thousands of northeast ohioans dont go hungry. matt granite represented channel 3. You see him there. it was all in good fun. that must have been moms sense that she knew something was going on. back at 6 00, a mother being held a hero tonight. well tell you the action she took that saves more youngsters in kalamazoo, michigan. as far as the forecast goes, it is going to be very active. we have heavy rain potential tomorrow. we take it back to snow on thursday. and theres even more to come on your 7day forecast. i will have all of that next. thanks, betsy. plus, new cases of the zika virus detected in the u. S. thousand virus is being spread coming up to want at 7, modern growing concerns of zika spreading in the u. S. Tonight as the centers for Disease Control investigates 14 new cases that appear to be sexually trans mitted. two of those cases involve its accused of causing severe birth defects. theyre advising pregnant mothers to use condoms or abstain. disease specialists still believe the virus is almost always spread through the bite of an infected mosquito. surveillance pictures revealing what happened hours before a man went on a shooting spree in michigan. jason dalton in a gun store, hes accused of killing six and injuring several others. one of the shootings is being called a hero tonight. channel 3s Alyssa Raymond has more on the story. Tina Caruthers remains in serious condition. she was taken here. many people are calling her a stepped in front and stepped in between the shooter and a group of her children, not all of them were hers. with where all the bullet holes are tammy george says four bullet holes ended up in her closet where her 15yearold son and his friend were injured. we were home and settled down to dinner. she found out those noises were not fireworks. our neighbors between the pickup and the curb were screaming about her kids. she was asking about her kids. then she said he just shot me. i dont know why. police say jason dalton shot more several times. near a park in the parking lot orange spray paint marks tire tracks and the shots where eleven shell casings landed. that must have been moms she told them to run and from my understanding the kids said she stood in front of them. tammy said she stayed with her children and friends. and i told them that their mom was out there talking about them, that she was talking. she was talking about them. so she was okay. the next day she watched wash washed some of the reminders away. her kids were still here. they should not have to see that. tammy says she wants to properly meet her and the incredible thing is she can. they were extremely lucky. someone was watching out for them. earlier this afternoon, her mother released a statement saying, quote, our hearts reach out to all the families touched by this tragedy. we appreciate every prayer and every tender thought extended to us. we also offer thanks to Law Enforcement teams, ems and nurses who are providing us compassionate care. recording live in kalamazoo, michigan, Alyssa Raymond. incredible story. thank you. while Public Square gets its new look, it will get a new name. it will be branded jack casino cleveland. its becoming Jack Entertainment and two other ohio locations will also be renamed. the detroit based companys other properties, including the careen casino there will also be renamed. betsy is here now. its going to bet that were not going to see those 70 degree temperatures we saw this weekend. ever again. june is right around the corner. oh, okay. you know how that goes. today is an interesting day as far as the temperatures go. we have very Cool Temperatures along the lake shore. we can blame northeast wind. they point toward a storm system. theres one brewing in texas. we have a boundary here. we have warm air trying to make its way north. its running into this cold air and these northeasterly winds. where we have the collision zone, you can see we have a boundary lakeside. 50s to the south. we had a 20point degree temperature difference. now, the winds are pointing toward a storm system thats going to have pretty big impacts over the next 48 hours here in northern ohio. flooding is expected for tomorrow. we have rain coming. its falling at times heavily upon the area. when that happens, the water is going to try to get into the storm drains, but the problem is weve got a lot of debris the winter. i think a lot of storm drains are going to be plugged. be aware. well have Flooding Issues locally. temperatures will drop and snow i have bumped up snow accumulations from 13 to 14 inches. so the heaviest stuff is going to stay to the west of us. the problem is we have a rough commute. wednesday with the rain but thursday with the snow. theres the storm system. its a beauty. huge storm system, big circulation, nasty Severe Weather outbreak outgoing in the deep south right now. you can see tornado warnings lining up at east mississippi. here in the great lakes region, storms are off to the west of us. michigan, illinois. thats downwind. dont worry about that. and flood watches south. the stuff we have to worry about is south and west of us. and the rain will be coming in first. well talk about that. we have one to two inches of rain potentially coming in. as we head through the day tomorrow. so that localized flooding threat will be with us. take us through the transition. we stay cloudy through the night. temperatures are going to hold steady here. well have rain moving in for the morning. note the brighter colors have heavier rain. that will be here for the morning commute. the rain becomes a little more scattered. periodically, the temperatures are surging as we head through the day tomorrow. thunderstorms are a possibility in the afternoon and the evening. then tomorrow night, temperatures will start to fall, though snow begins to crank up as we head to thursday. well have periods of snow. 6 00 in the evening. well be dealing with a rough commute on thursday. now, how much snow . as i mentioned, i bumped it up to 14. The heaviest snow will stay well off to the west of us. its rain for tomorrow. it will be windy. temperatures are going to be surging. i think cleveland may hold in the 40s, but sheeshly 50s are going to be on certainly 50s falling for thursday. accumulation. thursday possible. then friday the lake snow, winding down. it will be chilly. were still bracing for a very nice weekend in your 7day forecast. monday looks like we could get in. next couple of days, a lot to forecast goes. coming up, the cavs had the day off today, but it was a travel day for one of their players. jimmy fills us in on why mo williams is visiting a doctor. all right. bed bugs is the topic. so is mo williams knee. the cavs were off last night and tonight. they took last night off when they lost to the pistons. mo williams, hes really been bothered by a barking knee. his knee has been giving him fits all year long. hes had an injection to try to solve that, and that hasnt worked. so he was going tonight for a Second Opinion about his sore left knee. he was meeting with dr. James williams hasnt played the last three games. he said its worrisome. now to the bed bug story. kyrie irving was bit and attacked by bed bugs. today a local brand manager sent him this message on facebook. i will arrange to have one of our best technicians on your trip. well make sure theyre bed bug free so you can focus on a deep playoff run. go cavs. and the hotel, the hilton in Hillsborough County city formally apologized to irving today. i believe hes picking up unlimited points. the nfl scouting combine under way in indianapolis. hugh hue jackson will meet with the media tomorrow. and the browns get a look at the quarterbacks. that will be the focus coming up as they get set to go for the draft. remember, they have the number two pick. on this kid from the university of california. jared he seems to be the quarterback of choice. that seems to be the guy that the browns have a good read on and the quarterbacks will throw on saturday and then they will continue to do their due diligence. we will too. the indians under way. Dave Chudowsky is live out in goodyear tonight. dave, tell us, are you out there live with the ballpark behind you, or is that just a really good painting behind you . because its beautiful. reporter it is unbelievable. it is live, jim, yes. and theres no bed bugs here. all is well in good year. the indians had their workout today. i got a chance to talk with jabba chamberlain. i know you remember him back in 2007 on the yankees when the indians beat them in the nine years later, its still incredible to watch. its something that will never be forgotten. thats for sure. i guess i can say im fortunate enough to be in that position but unfortunate enough to lose that game. the indians win, thanks to a wild pitch. i hope it doesnt happen again. its something i will always remember. it could. they come around. they do. this time, if it happens, i will know how to combat it and take extra time and get it out of there. it could be worse. and he plans on it. 100 . i wouldnt be around this long if there wasnt something to provide for this team. i think theres so many aspects of a ball club. ive been fortunate enough to win and understand what it takes. these guys were so close last year and have been close for a lot of years. hes a good guy. well meet mike napoli at 7 00. jim, back to you. thank you. highlight of the week. thursday night, Garfield Heights Willie Jackson will get lose on the fast break with a monster slam. he led with 21 points as they won 6660. well see you tonight. superstar. Breaking news tonight. State of emergency as tornadoes explode across the south. Millions under a severe threat. Fears the town could be demolished in the dark. Trump towers as nevada votes tonight and can he win three in a row . And can anyone stop him. Murder mystery, chicago images of the uber murderer in a gun shop hours before prosecutorses say he went on a shooting rampage. A popular sports skast e fights back after being secretly videoed in a room next door. Could someone be watching you. And eating
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