an ex-girlfriend of shawn grate gives us a firsthand look into his history of domestic violence. this is the new normal. good morning, it s wednesday or thursday? brian: thursday. you ve been hanging around me too long. tia: i know. i can t get my he remember together. the weather is a big story tonight. brian: it was great last night. had the windows open, nice and cool last night. meteorologist sam roberts has the samantha: it feels so good and refreshing. we re in the 50s in most locations, so you might find you have to turn that heat dial in the car, right? 55 at 7:00 in the morning, 58 at 8:00, and then climbing up to about 63 by 9:00. so we will eventually get warmer. i gave you a green light for the drive in to work today as i don t expect showers or thunderstorms, dry roads out there as well. evening commute also looking low 70s for the drive home. that is definitely open window weather. it s open window weather right now. no rain and here s doppler max show
see the scene. some of the cars involved as investigators comb through what happened. what all we know is that tooper valez was hit when he was outside of his car. again, this happened at 1:00 near the mckinly avenue exit on i-90 west. we did see one man escorted in handcuffs. we don t know all of the information and what unfolded before this accident happened. again, the ohio state highway patrol releasing aes trooper has died after the accident. we ll bring you more and keep you updated online. again, remembering that this also does have a traffic effect with lanes of i-90 west being closed. we ll bring you more information as this story unfolds. right now getting answers in lakewood, shanice dunning, cleveland 19 news. mark: all right, shanice, thank you very much. and live pictures now from 71. a lot of drivers going to have to detour here. it looks like traffic actually starting to pick up just a little bit. split. jon loufman live in the traffic center right now wit
cleveland 19 news ohio s flooring superstore. asking questions, getting answers. cleveland 19 news starts now. something is not right when they remove they change the sign and then tell me that my pictures don t match. denise: people given parking tickets by the city who didn t deserve them. tonight carl monday is getting answers on the mystery of cleveland s missing parking meters. but first, a weather alert for romona: the risk of rain and storms may ruin any of your outdoor plans and maybe even your tailgating for the cleveland browns. jeff tanchak is tracking the first alert details for your weekend. jeff: it is going to be that way and we will be dodging the rain drops from time to time. this is a slow-moving system and it will take most of the weekend for it to clear. we are dry. we will be that way tomorrow and even through most of tomorrow night. you can see the moisture in that s a complex and it will be arriving here even as early as saturday morning. tha
911 calls revealed and reaction from a lifelong friend of officer valez. jen. jen: well, mark, the community really still reeling from what happened to officer valez just yesterday. but they are responding to this sudden and tragic loss with messages and signs of support and respect. it s a state highway patrolman. emergency. he just got hit. a state highway patrolman just got hit? just got hit on 90 heading west. i think they killed him. reporter: 40-year-old kenneth valez leaves behind three children after a car struck and killed him during a traffic stop. since then, banners and flags have been posted near the site of the accident on the overpass above the crash site and at an overpass in avon. valez was an incredible father who did everything with his kids. he says this is a terrible loss that should make everyone think about how officers are treated. these guys wake up in the morning. they go out. and you get a baseball player hit a ball with a piece of wood
cleveland 19 news sponsored by national carpet mill outlet. ohio s flooring superstore. asking questions, getting answers, cleveland 19 news starts now. i don t know what really happened, but my mom s forehead is bleeding. i don t know what happened. call for help. a mom passed out on a bathroom floor from a heroin over dose with a needle next to her. the heartbreaking story is minutes away. denise: passer say goodbye to the warm, summery weather. romona: it will feel like fall around northeast ohio, but will there be any rain to ruin any of your weekend plans? beth mcloud has the details in her first alert. beth: you know what, even tonight you with i will feel the moisture in the air and an over night temperature of basically into the low 60s. but tomorrow sunshine bursts out after a little cloudy start to our saturday. you may have a lingering sprinkle in the morning time. only 74 on saturday. that s going to feel a lot different than the 89 degrees that most o