waking up to cooler weather as we expected after the front moved through yesterday. lots of cloud cover yesterday and a change in feel today. we get to the low 60s at 9 am. 70 at lunchtime and forecasting highs near 75. it s going to be very seasonal. most of you are in the 50s so maybe a light jacket as he got out the door. 49 ashtabula. 51 ravenna. it is clear with high-pressure building in and that will control hour forecast for today. we will see a lot of sunshine as we get a close-up view there s not even much cloud cover to report. third today as we look at the track it is nothing but clear to mostly sunny skies. if this changes this changes going into the weekend. now let s check the commute. the roadways are looking okay. a couple spots to talk about that could delay you. first in summit county a closure i-77 northbound at state road 241. there are still some delays on the map south of akron. to the north of akron near 77 to the west of the interstate it s a long sh
480 because of an accident, also the had 4890 eastbound ramp to 71 north is closed and you see the slow traffic on 4880 east and west 237 northbound near the airport is shut down between 480 and 71, here is the drive time on 480 between jennies and 237. typically will 8-9 minute commute. 71 south between 490 turnpike is 25 minute commute typically a 15 minute drive, russ be back to you. the nation is talking president death of a black teenager at the hands of police, a 13-year-old killed in columbus. officers say tie reek king pulled a gun. at first they may remind you as it did us of the tamir rice case, the police say this is different. they say this youngster was involved in a robbery before he the latest on the investigation. officials are urging calm in the wake of a police involved shooting that left a 13-year- old dead in columbus ohio. it is critical that we remain calm and committed calm and committed to the investigative process. officers responding to an
right when a driver hit and struck him. right on this very roadway. trooper velez was conducting a traffic stop when he was struck. he was 48 years old and graduated as a member of the 18th contact in 1989. he leaves behind his three children. colonel paul pride released this statement. it s a tragedy for ohio st highway patrol and how their prayers go out to the velez family during this difficult time. there is still no word on who that driver was, who struck velez. but we will be following that story throughout the night. make sure you stick with wkyc here on tv and wkyc.com. reporting live from lakewood heights i m jazmine monroe channel 3 news. thank you, jazmine. the crash had traffic snarled pretty clear. as well as all ramps to 90 from the interbelt i-71 north and i- 490 west. these reopened around 6:00 after being shut down for almost six hours. and while traffic has been slow getting back to normal, things right now as you can see by the green flow of traffic, thin
troopers handcuffed and escorted away. we are working on getting more information for that. this is causing problems for commuters. we know i-90 west to downtown, all the lanes are shutdown including the ramp to i-90 on lakewood boulevard and lakewood. we are on the cleveland and lakewood near i-90 west. we are working on getting information. that s the story we have now. in cleveland, shanice denise: thanks shanice. the trooper rushed there was taken to the medical center. harry boomer is live with more. reporter: all right, guys, what s happening now, we are seeing 6 or 7 state trooper vehicles. now they are here to lend support to themselves and to the family of state trooper kenneth velez 48-years-old. shanice dunning said he was hit mckin until lakewood. he was outside his vehicle when he was struck they are investigating by the state investigators to get more details. trooper velez leaves behind three children and worked out of the cleveland post. i-90 has been clos
lawmakers and law enforcement officers across the stateaw tonight. ohioing the death ofof an state troop every killed in thet line of duty this afternoon. tonight we rehhis learning mn about the veteran trooper and what happened. on interstate it is incredibly sad and upsetting today. the entire day on interstate throughout rush hour.ho after the accident. witnesses described only as horrific. tonight the state highway patrol not only sending prayer to the troopers family. but also promising a thorough investigation. . interstate 90 west. near the cleveland exit. shut down for hours thursday. t you see vehicles detoured and backed up for miles.il ase ohio state highway patrol investigators. respond to the tragic death of a fellow trooper. . urgent calls came in justj beforeu 1:r0 o clock. as people tried to:r0 save 48 year-old trooper.e who wasr. struck by a car.c whilea conducting traffic. he was taken to the whereo additional troopers stood vigil and word of