Feb 26. A block

Feb 26. A block

Good evening i'm hunter petroviak.thanks for joining us..it's a winter wonderland across the region.

Meteorologist alida donnelly is here to let us know if we have any more 3 right now-- crews continuing to treat slick roads.this snowfall can be annoying... but to some businesses who rely on it...they sometimes see dollar signs falling from the sky.fox 55's chris mullooly is live downtown ... chris... it really hasn't been a great season for them this year has it.hunter when you get a milder winter than usual... less snow will fall... and snow removal companies are directly affected.one business owner says he's probably made half of what he made last year... and will have to make it up somehow... throughout the year.

?nats - backup of car?"being prepared for when the storm will do its damage"?nats- snow being plowed?jordan bobay loves to see these types of conditions.cars driving over slick roads wednesday from a winter storm...mean bobay can go to work"any weather we can get out and deploy our fleet and bring in revenue is positive as far as business goes"bobay started his own company six years ago... he first put out craigslist ads to do landscaping...and from there his business grew.his company does a bit of everything... including this.

?nats- scrape of snow?"last year when we had five inches i worked 42 hours"not the case this year....many lighter snowfalls... call for less need for plows.indot officials say they are at full staff to help treat the roads... but they aren't in the profit business....bobay relies on contracts from businesses around the area who need the help.and likes to look at the positives this year."i think its up to each company to not be one dimensional so far.

Myself i'm optimistic when it comes no snow is room to come in other areas and snow is revenue"he says the company has made half of 20-19s winter season profit... and close to the bottom since he started the company.and hopes for one more push?nats-push of snow?

Before the season is over"even on a lighter snow we're still out there deploying tactics to keep the public safe...."

Reporting live ... chris mullooly... fox 55 news.

One person was taken to the hospital after they rolled their vehicle this morning.the accident happened in front of the kroger on north clinton just after 9-30.

The initial call reported two cars were involved in the accident, with a cargo van rolling, settling on the side as you see here.

One person was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.we're not sure if weather conditions played a factor in the crash.

Fort wayne police arrest three people for their involvement in the triple shooting on barnhart avenue early this morning.fox 55's jeremy masukevich tells us why police believe the shooting was a standalone occurrence.

Neighbors on barnhart avenue say violence is not something they're used to.i feel pretty safe here.

The neighborhood has a ton of families, there is a school just a few streets over.but a stabbing tuesday and a triple shooting this morning has left three people dead on the city's northeast side in just two dayswe just heard fort wayne pd come sailing down the street.

It was kind of odd for this area, to hear them hauling through with that much urgency.the shooting happened at a home on barnhart both neighbors and police were well familiar with the normal for that address really was the police being out there about once a week for domestics yelling and screaming in the driveway and that types of stuff.when police arrived they found one man dead at the scene.

A 23- year-old woman was taken to the hospital where she later died.

A 27-year-old man was taken in critical condition but has since been upgraded we don't think this is domestic related in its self.

We are working this as a murder robberytoday police arrested and charged kyaw hlang , kerwins louis, and jamesley paul with two counts of murder.

We dont think that this incident is related to any other shootings.

We believe and are working this as a stand alone incident.

Police called the shooting a crime of opportunity and do not believe it was planned.with the inclimate weather it is not the best time for anyone to be out.

But it does make these kind of things a little bit easierin fort wayne, jeremy masukevich, fox 55 news the two victims names will be released by the allen county coroner's officer after an autopsy is complete the third victim's name, who is now in stable condition, will be released after his family is notified.

Indiana state police have arrested an angola man who led them on a car chase through noble and whitley counties.

Troopers say they found 27- year-old "nathan lundgren" driving a vehicle on state road 9, that was reportedly stolen.after trying to stop the car, troopers say the chase began.state police were able to stop the car with tire spikes.lundgren faces several charges including stolen property and aggressive driving.

We now have the name of a fort wayne woman stabbed to death in the shoaff park villas.

The coroner's office says 25 year old "tonisha richardson" died tuesday afternoon.

The stabbing happened just before 1 p-m in the 47-hundred block of jason drive.

Richardson is the 6th homicide in allen county this year.

The man who was flown to parkview hospital sunday night after his helicopter crashed in wabash county is now considered brain dead.the allen county coroner's office confirmed with fox 55 that the pilot of the single-occupant helicopter injured in sunday's helicopter crash was flown to by samaritan helicopter in critical condition.the coroner said they are waiting for the victim's organs to be donated and once the victim is officially declared dead, the body will be released to the allen county coroner's office to perform an autopsy.the cause of the crash is still under investigation.

A local senior living home is now memorialized in the history of fort wayne.

Mayor tom henry read a proclamation today at hamilton place senior living..proclaiming today hamilton place day.the senior living home was recently given a best senior living place award, designating it as a top two percent senior living place.belinda branham with hamilton place says it's exciting for them to receive recognition for what they do.

This is the third best senior living place award hamilton place has won in the last 4 years.

Lutheran hospital is temporarily stopping another transplant program at their hospital.the hospital group has made the decision to put a pause on their kidney transplant program.a spokesperson with lutheran health network said in a statement to fox 55 in part... "some unexpected personnel developments and the opportunity to strengthen internal processes prompted us to voluntarily inactivate the program."they expect the inactivation to last about four months and lutheran says this does not affect a patient's place on the donor list.

Coming up...an indiana man who dropped his granddaughter out a cruise ship window takes a plea deal.what's included his agreement.plus...multiple people killed in a mass shooting in milwaukee.what we know about those affected.and later....a fort wayne city council decision affecting water and sewage prices.why you may a nightmare for any family.an 18-month-old indiana girl falls 11 stories from an open window.

And the grandfather is charged in her death.alex hogan has more.

This is chloe wiegand -- an indiana toddler who fell to her death, during her family's cruise ship vacation.

It happened last summer on royal caribbean's freedom of the seas.

Chloe and her grandfather were in a play area for kids.

He put the toddler up on a wood railing, along a wall of glass.... not realizing one of the glass panels was actually open.

She then fell 150 feet from the 11th story window.

Salvat ore anello has been fighting a charge of negligent homicide... but will now plead guilty.

In a statement, he says, quote "i took a plea deal to try to help end part of this nightmare for my family, if possible."

Adding, quote "i was placed in charge of keeping my beautiful granddaughter safe and i failed."

The plea deal means anello will get probation instead of jail time.

Anello recently said there's nothing prosecutors could do to him that would be worse than the guilt he already lives with.

His attorney puts the blame on royal caribbean -- and how the room was designed.winkleman says: "why