Mosquitoes trapped in two Connecticut towns have tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), according to state officials.

The mosquitoes were trapped in Hampton and Voluntown on Oct. 5 and Oct. 10.

It is the first time this season that the state has found EEE-positive mosquitoes in the state.

"Although the weather has cooled and mosquito populations are declining, the late season detection of EEE virus in eastern Connecticut requires continued monitoring and attention," said Dr. Philip Armstrong, medical entomologist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven.

Eastern equine encephalitis is a rare, but serious virus that can cause neurological problems in humans, according to state officials.

An average of 6 human cases are diagnosed in the U.s. each year. The mortality rate is 30-percent, state officials said.

The first human case and death related to EEE in Connecticut happened in October 2013.

By the time the two evacuees from California's North Bay wildfires reached Ronit Rubinoff's house in Sebastopol Sunday morning, the women had slept in their car in a grocery store parking lot, put up at an animal shelter and bunked with strangers.

It would have been a harrowing experience for most anyone. But the six days were exceptionally tough for 72-year-old Deborah Sawyer and 86-year-old Mildred Liles.

"I didn't have any place to go," Sawyer said Monday afternoon.

For now, they can stay with Rubinoff through a quickly arranged emergency house-sharing program in Sonoma County, which is pairing those left homeless by the fires with those who have rooms to spare.

The program had already made 75 matches over the weekend and was amassing piles of applications as fast as volunteers could fill them out.

Five hundred homes were available from people throughout the area, up and down the California coast and elsewhere across the county, outnumbering the families who had so far sought shelter.

Someone called to offer a campground, and that's where 22 members of the Huntington Fire Department who arrived to help will stay.

"It's very rewarding," said Amy Appleton, the executive director of SHARE Sonoma County, the permanent house-share program for older residents on which she based the emergency one. "We are genuinely helping people who are severely traumatized. You're trying to give them some sense of stability while they try to figure things out."

The deadliest wildfires in California history, which have been burning for more than a week, killed at least 41 people and destroyed nearly 6,000 homes. About 34,000 people remained under evacuation Tuesday, down from 40,000 on Monday.

Housing was already in short supply in hard hit Sonoma County, where rental vacancy rates fell from 5.8 percent in 2011 to 1.8 percent in 2015, and homeowner vacancy rates dropped from 2.2 percent to 1 percent. The county grew by 30,000 people between 2006 and 2015, but added only about 11,000 housing units.

Across California the statistics aren't more forgiving. One research company, Beacon Economics, found that in 2014, California ranked 49th in the country in homeownership and was last in affordability.

The Sonoma County SHARE program is meant to keep older homeowners in their homes by finding younger tenants who can help cover the costs of utility bills or mortgages. The emergency program will draw on that model by helping the evacuees to find the services they need, and it is already setting up a corps of volunteers to make weekly calls to ensure the shares are working smoothly.

"It's hard to live with anybody in any kind of situation, even harder when they're stressed," said Elece Hempel, the executive director of Petaluma People Services Center, where the program is based.

Outside The Press Democrat building in Santa Rosa over the weekend, where a relief center had been set up, lines stretched of people waiting to register for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other state and local agencies.

Jane Matthew and her husband were among them, their house in Santa Rosa destroyed in the flames. They and her 91-year-old mother are staying with their son but need somewhere more permanent nearby and were considering trying the home-sharing program for help.

"We literally only had five minutes to get out," she said. "Smoke was everywhere. We got an emergency call to leave because we had a landline. If we haven't got the landline — anybody who had a cellphone in the neighborhood did not get that phone call."

Matthew, 58, who runs a daycare center for the Santa Rosa schools, has already visited some of the children in the shelters and knows how traumatized they are. She said one told her, "My house blew up."

"I want to get back to work," Matthew said.

Rubinoff, 52, who is the executive director for Legal Aid of Sonoma County, had spent a day at the relief center answering legal questions and was already foreseeing problems with renters facing price gouging and efforts to push them out of their homes.

"We're expecting a big spike in renter-related issues," she said.

Kayaks lined her driveway, emptied out of the house to make room for Sawyer and Liles. She is turning over her bedroom to them and will sleep in another room or camp out in her backyard.

"It seems like everybody I know has someone in their house, and it's the right thing to do," she said. "How can one sit in one's house with all this room when there are people sleeping in campsites and shelters? It's unconscionable."

Tautuiki Uluilakepa and his family had been staying at a shelter in a high school in Sebastopol, but it was closing and they needed a new place quickly. Meanwhile, 68-year-old Steve Kay had watched the disaster unfold and had wondered what he could do. On Sunday, he was offering three bedrooms in his home in Petaluma to Uluilakepa, his wife, who is a caregiver for the elderly, their 19-year-old son and an older man who lives with them.

"This is just so heart-rending for everybody who lost their homes in this tragedy, and because I have three bedrooms I really wanted to see if I could keep a family intact," Kay said. "The worst thing is to have people separated for any length of time."

Kay, the author of a marketing and business newsletter for the U.S. meat industry, is originally from New Zealand. Uluilakepa, a self-employed mason who built a patio and retaining wall at the house he had rented in the Coffey Park neighborhood of Santa Rosa, is from Tonga. When they met, the men drew on their shared connection to the South Pacific.

"I already know we don't have anything left," Uluilakepa said. "I didn't know I already had a brother here."

Uluilakepa had woken his family when he smelled the smoke and hurried them out of the house, even as the older man resisted leaving.

"I tell him, 'You better listen to me,'" Uluilakepa said. "I said, 'Right now, we have to go.'"

They drove south to Rohnert Park and waited until daylight, when Uluilakepa returned by himself to see that they had lost everything.

"You're thinking about the next day, what is your next move, where are you going?" Uluilakepa said.

Sawyer and Liles had their own frightening escape from their mobile home retirement community, The Orchard. They fled when a neighbor rang the doorbell to warn them to leave.

"I looked behind him and there was a fire," Sawyer said. Sawyer helped Liles dress and they fled without their medications, driving for an hour before Sawyer became too tired to go further and pulled into the parking lot of a Raley's supermarket. They slept in their car for three nights before finding room at an animal shelter with other people, plus goats, horses, burros and dogs.

At one point, looking for a temporary shelter at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Sawyer almost drove through a barricade and hit a police officer. He found another officer to drive them to safety.

"People were just completely wonderful, giving us shelter and help, taking care of us," Sawyer said.

Sawyer and Liles have been together for 40 years and married four years ago. Sawyer worked as a postal worker for 20 years, Liles is a retired high school teacher and a U.S. Army veteran, and they moved to The Orchard from Monte Rio along the Russian River. Their mobile park was badly damaged but their home is standing, and Sawyer wants to return.

"Tragedies and disasters bring people together," Kay said. "That's why we're in this world, to help each other."

A 26-year-old man who was in critical condition after being shot in Hartford over the weekend has died on Tuesday.

The man was identified as Allen Cox, of Hartford. 

Police said the shooting happened at 35 Whitmore Street around 12:38 a.m. on Saturday. Cox was rushed to Hartford Hospital where he died from his injuries days later. 

Police said the investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to call Hartford Police at (860) 722-TIPS or visit the department's website. 

A New Britain man has been charged with criminal attempt to commit murder with special circumstances in what police are calling a murder-for-hire case. 

Few details have been released, but police said they took 22-year-old Talal Qatabi, of New Britain, into custody around 11:30 a.m. Monday on Broad Street in New Britain after obtaining a warrant earlier in the morning.

Qutabi was taken to police headquarters and charged with one count of criminal attempt to commit murder with special circumstances and inciting injury to persons or property.

Bond was set a$750,000 and police said the court has sealed the warrant for Qatabi and no additional details are available.

When he was arrested, police said Qatabi had 10 vials of THC oil and he was charged with one count of possession of a controlled substance and failure to appear in the second degree that was connected to a previous arrest out of Plainville.

He was held overnight in New Britain on $785,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court in New Britain today.

The readers have spoken and Bradley Airport has made the Condé Nast Traveler 30th annual Readers’ Choice Awards. It has been named one of the 10 best airports in the United States.

Bradley International Airport comes in as the 5th best airport in the U.S. with a score of 82.35. 

“We are very proud to have earned this prestigious recognition, and we thank not only the many travelers who voted for us, but all of the millions of passengers who choose Bradley for their travel needs on an annual basis,” CAA Executive Director Kevin Dillon, said in a statement. “This distinguished award from the travel community is a testament to our continuous growth and commitment to top-quality customer service at Bradley Airport. It motivates us to keep up the momentum and continue finding creative and innovative ways to meet and exceed our travelers’ expectations.” 

Conde Nast commended Bradley for convenient parking, free Wi-Fi and restaurant options.  

See who else made the list. 

Improving education opportunities for students and looming state budget cuts are among the reasons the Franklin and Bozrah school districts are exploring the idea of a merger.

But school officials said plans are just in a preliminary stage. Both towns still need to vote on creating a joint 10-member temporary regional study committee to explore what this could mean for the school systems.

"Better science opportunities, math opportunities, performing arts opportunities. It’s tough to run a performing arts program, or a band or a music program with, for instance, 10 kids in the 7th grade in a couple of years," Franklin Superintendent Dr. Larry Fenn said.

Bozrah’s superintendent, Dr. Jack Welch, added that it could give his students world language classes and more extracurricular activities.

There’s also the possibility of cost savings. Fenn said under Governor Malloy’s latest budget proposal, Franklin would lose about 45 percent of the budget to run the pre-K through 8th grade school, which he calls "absolutely disastrous."

Welch said Bozrah is not set to lose too much money, but a merger could help save with utilities and maintenance costs.

There are questions about staffing both schools that the regional study committee would need to look into.

"I don’t think we’d be straight forward and honest if we didn’t acknowledge that a consolidation could be arise to reductions. Some of which might be handled through attrition," Welch said.

Parents also had questions about transportation times, however, the two schools are relatively close in proximity and size.

Current enrollment in Franklin is 166, according to Fenn. Welch said enrollment at Bozrah is 201 and will likely plateau over the years. Both schools have pre-K through 8th grade classes.

Roslynn Constant just started the pre-K program at Franklin Elementary School.

"My husband grew up in this town and I’ve only heard such great things about the elementary school and they have a really great educational program there" Renee Constant, Roslynn’s mom, said.

She understand Franklin’s enrollment is on the decline and is open to hearing how exploring the idea of a merger with Fields Memorial School in Bozrah could help Rosynn’s education.

Rae O’Neil has two grandchildren in the Bozrah school district and said she’s not closing her mind to the idea of looking at a potential merger.

"Different things they’ll be able to do as far as sports and field trips," O’Neil said.

This is in an exploratory phase, but both superintendents said class sizes should not exceed 25 students.

A prominent exiled Russian oligarch said in an exclusive interview with NBC News that he is nearly certain Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to collaborate with the Trump campaign, and that he believes a top Russian banker was not "acting on his own behalf" when he held a controversial meeting with Jared Kushner last December.

The pointed remarks come from a longtime Putin rival, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an oil executive who was Russia's richest man before he was imprisoned and exiled by the Kremlin.

"I am almost convinced that Putin's people have tried to influence the U.S. election in some way," Khodorkovsky told MSNBC’s Ari Melber in his first U.S. television interview since Trump took office.

Khodorkovsky says he believes the likelihood that Putin "personally" tried to cooperate with the Trump campaign to affect the election is a "9 out of 10."

An officer and two other people were involved in an accident in Willimantic on Tuesday night. 

The accident happened in the area of Jackson Street. 

The officer was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. 

Police said two other people were involved but they were not transported to the hospital.

No other information was immediately available.  

For Charles "Buddy" Buder, donating blood is a priority.

In 1968, Buder was injured playing football. While in intensive care at Yale-New Haven Hospital, he witnessed firsthand the dire need for donations.

"I said to myself, 'You know what? If I ever get out of here I am going to become a blood donor'," Buder said.

Since then, Buder has given 30 gallons of blood. He made the milestone donation on Sept. 11, in honor of the friends he lost sixteen years ago.

"It was a good feeling for me on that day," Buder said.

Buder is now encouraging others to give blood and get that "good feeling" in return. You can do so with the help of NBC Connecticut, as we connect you to better health at our 2017 Health & Wellness Festival on Saturday, Oct. 28, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

This daylong festival at the XL Center in downtown Hartford features health screenings, interactive booths and activities for the entire family. You will also have the chance to help save up to three lives by donating blood at the American Red Cross mobile blood drive.

"It’s a great thing because the people who are coming to an event like this are looking at the whole body and they are looking to do something to help in a lot of different instances," American Red Cross spokesperson Kelly Isenor said.

To donate blood, you must weigh 110 pounds or more and be over the age of 17, though you can donate at 17 with parental consent. While many worry traveling may exclude them, Isnor said family vacations typically are no problem. She recommends calling 1-800-REDCROSS with additional donation questions/concerns and making an appointment in advance.

To register to donate at the Health & Wellness Festival, visit the website.

"There is not a person in the State of Connecticut that cannot benefit from an event like this," Isenor said.

The city of New Britain is asking residents to complete an online survey to help them plan for the arrival of more people, including children who may enroll in school, from hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.

The survey was posted to the school board website a week ago and the city has already received more than three thousand responses. City officials told NBC Connecticut’s Kate Rayner the results help them figure out where resources are needed most to help accommodate children in schools, as well as others who are coming to the community.

Right now, there are 35 students from hurricane-affected areas in the city’s schools, including 20 from Puerto Rico alone. Based on the survey responses, the school district expects another 40 will join soon.

New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart explained the city anticipates more adults and children will continue arriving from Puerto Rico, and hopes those who have relatives and friends on the island can use the online survey to keep officials in the loop, and asked residents to, “let us know if you know of any family members that are going to be coming to New Britain and staying here. Do you know how long they’ll be staying here for? How many kids do they have with them? Are you anticipating enrolling them in our school district?”

Diana Martinez, whose mother arrived from Puerto Rico last week, felt New Britain’s pro-active approach to helping those relocating to the area is great. The Bristol resident explained those who experienced Hurricane Maria and its aftermath on the island are in need of a lot of support, and added, “my mom – you ask her about it and she starts crying.”

Though the survey is primarily geared towards helping the school district plan for arriving students, city officials explained the results are also helping them prepare for other arrivals, including senior citizens.

Concerned parents in North Haven are working to limit play on a newly installed turf field.

A new playing turf field for some could be a good thing, but for North Haven Against Shredded Tire Infill's (NHASTI) member, Danielle Morfi, the new turf field at the North Haven Middle School is not.

"We're not allowed to dump and bury our tires in our yard, it's just an environmental and health risk," Morfi said.

The parent-run group dislikes the use of crumb rubber. The small pellets of recycled tire found between the synthetic grass.

The organization which began shortly after the 2014 approval of the field said the recycled tire could have health risks, despite the fact, there is no scientific evidence to prove the concern.

"To me, it is not worth the risk," said Morfi.

Turf field concerns are not new. In fact, the EPA is researching if turf fields do indeed pose health risks, but the study has not ended, so the results are yet to be found.

"Let the kids play and have a good time because there are worst things in this world," parent Pamela Brooks.

Some parents feel without evidence, they have no tiff with the turf.

"I think people have been playing on turf fields forever and it's not proven," Brooks said.

Since the field is nearly complete, Morfi and her group are focusing to limit turf-field activities like gym classes.

NBC Connecticut reached out to the North Haven Middle School Building Committee, the principal and the superintendent but did not hear back. 

A car struck a TD Bank in New Britain on Tuesday night. 

Police said the driver, who was the only person in the car, was possibly under the influence of alcohol or drugs when they hit the side of a TD Bank on New Britain Avenue.

The operator had no obvious injuries but was taken to the hospital for evaluation, police said. 

No other information was immediately available. 

All our girls are in danger. 

That's the warning from a Milford mother who lost her teenage daughter after she was stabbed to death by a classmate in her high school's stairwell.

Donna Cimarelli, who is speaking for the first time about her daughter's attack, remembers Maren as a beautiful girl with short dark hair, a guitar in her hands and a soulful voice. 

"Maren’s character was just sweet, loving, fun, adventurous, witty, quirky- every positive word that you can think of was Maren," Donna told NBC Connecticut's Keisha Grant in an exclusive interview. 

Maren Sanchez was just 16 years old when her vibrant life came to a violent end. 

"Her heart was golden and big and when you're like that, sometimes you don't realize that you have to create a balance," Donna said.

When Keisha Grant asked Donna who Maren was, she was quickly corrected. 

"I really mean this," Donna said. "I don't like to say, 'who was,' because for me she is."

Maren's spirit has kept Donna going since the Jonathan Law High School prom on April 25, 2014.

Like every other girl, her mom said, Maren was so excited. But Donna never got the chance to see her daughter before she left for school that morning.

"I got a phone call on my landline, which I never answer but I just happened to answer it," Donna said. "It was someone from the school telling me that there had been an accident and I needed to get to the hospital."

She said when she asked what happened, the mother of an only child didn't get an answer

"The answers were just, 'I don't know. We need you to get to the hospital'," Donna said.

At the hospital, Donna said the only thing she remembers was when the doctors walked in.

"They basically said that she didn't make it and I just was like, 'What are you talking about?' Because it really wasn't on my radar. I really thought she was just hurt," Donna recalled.

Donna said at that moment, she was able to handle the news, but days later was a different sotry. 

"But then days after are just excruciating when it punches you in the face," she said. 

And it didn't get any easier as she learned how Maren died. 

Maren was cornered in a school stairwell by a classmate who was upset that the 16-year-old girl had been turned down his prom invitation.

"I knew right away when the police came to me and said 'Is there anyone who would want to hurt your daughter?' I had a name in my head and unfortunately, I was right," Donna said.

Christopher Plaskon is serving a 25-year sentence for the girl's murder.

For Donna, his darkness will never diminish Maren's light. She honors her daughter every single day.

Donna spent the last year bringing the Maren Sanchez Home Foundation to life. 

"My biggest mission is to help young girls defend themselves against psychological and emotional manipulation because I feel that physical violence is the thing that happens after that has already happened," Donna said about her foundation. 

She said she has "no doubt" that Maren was manipulated because she did not like to hurt anyone's feelings. 

"I'd be interested to know what was said to her to have her lead the way into the stairwell. It's just something that like, I'd have closure if I knew what it was because I can't understand why she went," Donna said. 

Donna has never spoken with her daughter's killer and she has no desire to. She said her focus is on saving lives.

"If this could happen to someone who walked around very confident, that was a bright young girl that was raised by a single mom that didn't get things handed to her. If this could happen to that type of girl, it means all of our girls are in danger," Donna said.

For more on the Maren Sanchez Home Foundation, click here. 

Atheneum Square in Hartford will be closed Wednesday through Sunday for the Wadsworth Atheneum Gala.

The closure impacts Atheneum Square between Prospect Street and Main Street. The area closes Wednesday at 7 a.m. and will reopen Sunday around 3 p.m.

Travelers should plan around the closure.

Danbury firefighters battled a two-alarm fire on Stadley Rough Road Tuesday evening.

Fire officials said crews responded to a fire at 43 Stadley Rough Road around 5:40 p.m. When they arrived there was heavy smoke coming from the building. Firefighters were able to help the homeowner find all their pets and no injuries were reported.

The house sustained damage and the homeowner is temporarily displaced. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Anderson Road in Tolland has reopened after an overnight closure brought on by a car crashing into a utility police Tuesday night.

Tolland fire officials said the crash took place near 86 Anderson Road around 8 p.m. The driver was conscious when crews arrived, but trapped by downed wires. The driver was extricated and evaluated by EMS on scene.

Anderson Road was closed between Goose Lane and Baxter Street from the time of the accident until late Wednesday morning. 

Two-time Olympic medalist McKayla Maroney says she was molested for years by a former USA Gymnastics team doctor, abuse she said started in her early teens and continued for the rest of her competitive career.

Maroney posted a lengthy statement on Twitter early Wednesday that described the allegations of abuse against Dr. Larry Nassar, who spent three decades working with athletes at USA Gymnastics but now is in jail in Michigan awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography. Nassar also is awaiting trial on separate criminal sexual conduct charges and has been sued by more than 125 women alleging abuse.

Nassar has pleaded not guilty to the assault charges, and the dozens of civil suits filed in Michigan are currently in mediation.

Maroney, now 21, says the abuse began while attending a U.S. National team training camp at the Karoyli Ranch in the Sam Houston Forest north of Houston, Texas. Maroney was 13 at the time and wrote that Nassar told her she was receiving "medically necessary treatment he had been performing on patients for over 30 years." Maroney did not detail Nassar's specific actions.

Maroney, who won a team gold and an individual silver on vault as part of the "Fierce Five" U.S. women's team at the 2012 Olympics in London, said Nassar continued to give her "treatment" throughout her career. She described Nassar giving her a sleeping pill while the team traveled to Japan for the 2011 world championships. Maroney says Nassar later visited her in her hotel room after the team arrived in Tokyo, where he molested her yet again.

"I thought I was going to die that night," Maroney wrote.

Maroney did not immediately return an interview request from The Associated Press. Attorneys for Nassar had no comment.

Maroney says she decided to come forward as part of the "#MeToo" movement on social media that arose in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.

"This is happening everywhere," Maroney wrote. "Wherever there is a position of power, there is the potential for abuse. I had a dream to go to the Olympics, and the things I had to endure to get there, were unnecessary and disgusting."

Maroney called for change, urging other victims to speak out and demanding organizations "be held accountable for their inappropriate actions and behavior."

Maroney is the highest profile gymnast yet to come forward claiming she was abused by Nassar. Jamie Dantzscher, a bronze medalist on the 2000 U.S. Olympic team, was part of the initial wave of lawsuits filed against Nassar in 2016. Aly Raisman, who won six medals while serving as the captain of the U.S. women's team in both 2012 and 2016, called for sweeping change at USA Gymnastics in August.

USA Gymnastics launched an independent review of its policies in the wake of the allegations against Nassar in the summer of 2016 following reporting by the Indianapolis Star that highlighted chronic mishandling of abuse allegations against coaches and staff at some of its more than 3,500 clubs across the country.

In June, the federation immediately adopted 70 recommendations proffered by Deborah Daniels, a former federal prosecutor who oversaw the review. The new guidelines require member gyms to go to authorities immediately, with Daniels suggesting USA Gymnastics consider withholding membership from clubs that decline to do so. The organization also named Toby Stark, a child welfare advocate, as its director of SafeSport. Part of Stark's mandate is educating members on rules, educational programs, reporting and adjudication services.

USA Gymnastics praised Maroney's strength in a statement on Wednesday, adding it is "outraged and disgusted" by Nassar's alleged conduct.

"We are strengthening and enhancing our policies and procedures regarding abuse, as well as expanding our educational efforts to increase awareness of signs to watch for and reporting suspicions of abuse, including the obligation to immediately report," USA Gymnastics wrote. "USA Gymnastics, its members and community are committed to working together to keep our athletes as safe as possible."

The organization had initially agreed to purchase the training facility at the Karolyi Ranch following longtime national team coordinator Martha Karolyi's retirement shortly after the 2016 Olympics ended. The organization has since opted out of that agreement. The organization also fired president Steve Penny in March. A replacement has not been named.

Maroney, who lives in California and officially retired in 2015, encouraged others to speak out.

"Our silence has given the wrong people power for too long," she wrote, "and it's time to take our power back."

A gas leak forced evacuations at the Addison Mill Apartments in Glastonbury Wednesday morning, according to Glastonbury police.

According to police, a construction crew struck a gas line, causing the leak. Police said that the gas was turned off and the leak has been secured.

Hebron Avenue was closed at Addison Road but has since reopened.

No other details were immediately available.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

A manhunt is underway for a gunman who shot five people at a business park in Edgewood, Maryland, Wednesday morning, killing three people. 

Radee Labeeb Prince, 37, is suspected in the shooting, the Harford County Sheriff's Office said. He should be considered armed and dangerous. If you have information on his whereabouts, call 911 immediately. 

The FBI and Maryland State Police are assisting in the search.

Officers were called to Advanced Granite Solutions in the Emmorton Business Park on the 2100 block of Emmorton Park Road just before 9 a.m, police said at a news conference.

A gunman shot five employees of the business, killing three of them, Maj. William Davis said. Two victims are in critical condition. 

The identities of the victims were not released immediately. 

Prince is believed to have fled the scene in a black 2000 GMC Acadia with the Delaware license plate PC064273.

Investigators believe Prince is associated with the business, but information on the exact relationship was not known immediately.  

Police said the gunman's motive is under investigation. 

A number of Harford County Public Schools in the area are on a "modified lockdown." Students are staying in the building, with no outdoor activities, the school district's website says.

A reunification center has been established at Richlin Ballroom on Edgewood Road, Davis said.

A number of industrial buildings and hotels are located in the area of the shooting, about 25 miles north of Baltimore. 

Stay with News4 for more details on this developing story.

Crews began assembling new metal detectors at Rentschler Field on Tuesday as part of a new safety initiative for the 2017-2018 season of UConn sports.

The plan has been in the works for more than a year, and each detector is mobile.

“[We will] be able to adjust based on the inflow of guests,” said Ben Weiss, Assistant General Manager of the XL Center and Rentschler Field. “So we’ll be able to obviously put more detectors and walk-throughs in our areas with greater crowds.”

Forty metal detectors are being installed between Rentschler Field’s four entrances, each up and running when UConn takes on Tulsa on Saturday. The detectors are an additional safety check for the facility, which currently enforces bag restrictions. According to Weiss, it’ll be another two months before the units are delivered to the XL Center. Once they’re up, they’ll be used for all events.

“We work with the law enforcement partners to make sure that we’re doing everything every day to make sure that the guests are safe,” Weiss said.

Newington resident Chris Moertl is one of those guests grateful for the change.

“I think it’s a great idea. You can’t have too much security these days, and as we know, our world is changing so it’s what it’s come to,” he said.

Those who do not want to go through the metal detectors will be checked with a metal detecting wand instead.