our big story at nine: relief for a waukesha family. 10-year-old andrew ounkham oon-come - a young boy with autism - is found safe after he wandered away from his home sunday. now, were hearing from the two teens who found him. our a.j. bayatpour talked to the two waukesha west students and now joins us live from outside school. adam lembke had a volleyball match here tonight. nothing he couldve done on the court would top what he and his friend connor kubiak did this morning. actually, my family and i are really close friends with their family. i know my sister goes over to play with andrews brother. adam lembke was part of the massive search sunday night for 10-year-old andrew ounkham. when the search for the boy with monday, lembke says he and connor kubiak werent sure if they should go back out since there were already so many volunteers.but nate kostolni said. couple more people couldnt hurt at all so why dont we just go out and try it. with the schools blessing, these t
cool, he doesnt think they were heroic. he believes, with the amount of people out looking, someone was gonna find andrew. hes just glad they were able to get to him before it got any later. live in waukesha, a.j. bayatpour, fox 6 news. steph thanks aj a ton of relief for andrew s family tonight. his mom was watching andrew ride his scooter outside their home went inside and he disappeared. you know you think im going to find him because hes done this before and then you think where is he? and try not to think of the worst. its overwhelming and unbelievable how many people showed up. the call for help to find the missing boy garnered an overwhelming response. collins shares their efforts. if youd like to help today. early monday morning the call for help went out - and the community answered. i just kept thinking if my child was missing i would want other people to be out searching for her. waukesha west high school is where all the volunteers were told to meet.police o
law enforcement used k9 s, drones and thermal imaging in the search but it was volunteers who ultimately saved the day. coreen zell is live at waukesha west high school tonight a lot of those volunteers were students-. the school was used as a home base for police during the as you saw there we caught up with the high schoolers who found andrew this afternoon after the day had sunk in and even everyone is calling them heroes, they say they re just thankful they were in the right place at the right time. 130 waukesha school students helped search for andrew. the superintendnt sent out a note that said in part. this kind of education does not show up on report cards, but we know it is every bit as important. nya hammond, brutally murdered last week in glendale, was on the minds of many tonight as they gathered for a fundraiser. gardner s ex-boyfriend, her death. friends and family say hammond had recently left gardner after he had been physically abusive. voices against dome
new at ten tonight. a community comes together to reunite a family with their missing child : oh we just found somebody else.. there s an officer. we found him, right here! andrew un-kum has autism - and his mother is now keenly aware of her community s compassion. i am just overwhelmed this just brings humanity - perseverance - of all these volunteers that came and want to help out and be very positive. i am just very very grateful. tonight andrew un-kum s mother is thankful to have her little boy back. she says her son has the cognitive abilities of a two- year old.interestingly, she credits social media with rallying the troops who found her son. law enforcement used k9 s, drones and thermal imaging in the search but it was volunteers who ultimately saved the day. coreen zell is live at waukesha west high school tonight a lot of those volunteers were students-. the school was used as a home base for police during the search and also a place for as you saw there we caugh
after a foggy morning in the inland areas, we finally got to enjoy some sun yesterday across se wisconsin with highs in the mid to upper 60s. this morning is mostly cloudy and cool with patchy fog and lows in the mid 50s, but lower 0s along the lake. today is partly cloudy and highs near 70, a se breeze, and low humidityhe pick day of the week! clouds increase tonight with lows near 60 and patchy fog. light trafficincident freedry roadsovernight closures reopening in the next 5 to 10 breaking news now an overnight robbery has dozens of store employees shaken this morning. police are still on scene at a capitol drive. our pete zervakis is live there right new this morning.. police are looking for the driver of a silver s-u-v involved in a hit and run at mitchell and muskego avenue. police say the victim .who was on a motorcycle. was hit by the s-u-v in the middle of the intersection after trying to light. the suv then took off. the victim was not wearing a helmet. and was ser