The NBC Connecticut meteorologists are tracking our next chance for snow, which moves in later Tuesday into Wednesday.

This will not be a large storm, but a couple of inches of snow are certainly possible.

Tuesday will likely start sunny with cloud cover moving in across the state by afternoon. The storm may begin as rain, turning into a light snow that gets heavier and steadier Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

The snow won’t accumulate to much but could cause some problems for the Wednesday morning commute, with plowable snow on the roads.

Totals will probably come in just around a few inches. Stay tuned for more specific details.

Crews in Killingly rescued a horse that was stuck in deep mud Sunday afternoon.

According to the South Killingly Fire Department, multiple departments responded when the animal became stuck in mud and water on Geer Road.

Crews were able to extract the horse and were working to warm and clean it up.

Rescuers from South Killingly, Danielson, Sterling, Williamsville and KB Ambulance all responded to assist.

No other details were immediately available.

Two suspects allegedly robbed and killed a Florida mother, officials from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office told WESH News.

Janice Zengotita-Torres, 42, was leaving a Ross store in Florida on Monday when two men approached her and killed her in what officials said appeared to be a "murder-for-hire" case.

The two suspects charged with robbing and killing Zengotita-Torres were hired by a woman named Ishnar Lopez Ramos, who allegedly wanted to murder a woman who "was in a relationship with a man that the suspect, Ishnar, loved," Osceola County Sheriff Russ Gibson said at a news conference Friday.

Zengotita-Torres was not that woman. The sheriff’s office said the "murder-for-hire" case became a case of "mistaken identity."

Lopez-Ramos, 35, is accused of hiring Alexis Ramos-Rivera, 23, and his girlfriend Glorianmarie Quinones-Montes, 22, to murder the woman, NBC News reported.

Investigators said the suspects continued to rob and kill Zengotita-Torres even after they realized she was the wrong target.

Osceola sheriff's office spokesperson Jacob Ruiz told NBC News that Zengotita-Torres and the intended victim both work at a Ross Dress for Less store from where the suspects followed Zengotita-Torres home.

Zengotita-Torres went missing on Jan. 8. Authorities found her body on Ormond Beach days later, miles away from her home.

"This woman lost her life for no reason. This mother, this wife, this daughter, for no reason at all,” Sheriff Russell Gibson told WESH. 

Lopez-Ramos is facing a first-degree murder charge. Quinnones-Montes is facing a premeditated murder charge, and Ramos-Rivera is looking at a first degree murder charge as well, authorities said.

A dog was killed when a home in Glastonbury was destroyed by fire Sunday.

Glastonbury Fire Chief Michael Thurz said crews responded around 3:05 p.m. to a call for a house fire on Heritage Drive. When firefighters arrived, they found heavy fire on the first floor.

“It was a pretty intense fire on the first floor of the structure that extended to the remaining parts of the building," Thurz said.

Fire officials said one dog was killed in the fire. No one else was home at the time and no other injuries were reported.

Thurz said the damage was extensive and the home was deemed a total loss.

Crews from multiple departments including Hebron Fire, Bolton Fire, and Marlborough Volunteer Fire all responded to assist Glastonbury because there were no hydrants in the area.

“We’re in an area that’s non-hydrants so a lot of our water needs to come in on tankers which requires mutual aid, which requires trucks to drop loads of water on the fire scene and then retrieve more," Thurz said.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Nine people are now facing misdemeanor charges in El Cajon, California, after handing out food to the homeless Sunday.

Volunteers and groups showed up to Wells Park to hand out food, clothes, shoes and toiletries.

El Cajon police wrote up citations to each person handing out food, including 14-year-old Ever Parmley. “I was passing out food and this guy was like can you step aside please," she told NBC 7. 

They were each charged with a misdemeanor for violating El Cajon municipal code 1.28.010. The ordinance prohibits "food sharing" in public spaces, which includes public parks.

Charles Marks tells NBC 7, “I’ve been given a court date under the impression this represents being arrested on a misdemeanor, but it’s just a citation." 

Back in October, El Cajon City Council passed an ordinance that restricts residents from food sharing. The ordinance came at the height of the Hepatitis A outbreak.

In November, NBC 7 talked with councilmembers after signs were posted at Wells Park about the ordinance.

Councilmember Ben Kalasho tells NBC 7,“what we're saying is feeding them at city parks is a bad idea given the situation that we're in with the hepatitis A outbreak and the fact that it makes the place completely messy afterward.”

Kalasho continued, “you can go out there, pick them up, take them back to your house and feed them and board them and room them and have them take a shower if you're really wanting to help."

An immigrant from Thailand, his 6-year-old son and father-in-law were among the 20 people killed in devastating mudslides that brought tragedy and sorrow this past week to the idyllic coastal community of Montecito, California.

Other victims included a doctor and his daughter who died in the arms of her brother, a young mother asleep with her 3-year-old daughter as her 10-year-old nephew slumbered nearby, and a woman and her 89-year-old husband of more than 50 years who celebrated his birthday the day before.

Here are their stories and those of others in a community where victims ranged from captains of industry to the people who manicure their lawns:

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Sisters Sawyer Corey, 12, and Morgan Christine Corey, 25, were sleeping when the mud smashed into their home.

Sawyer was found dead earlier in the week. Her sister's body was found Saturday morning in mud and debris.

"We ask that you keep this devastated family in your thoughts and prayers," Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said.

Sawyer's twin sister, Summer, and their mother, Carie Baker, were injured and were being treated at a hospital, relatives reported.

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Dr. Mark Montgomery and his family returned from a Brazilian vacation only two days before the mudslide that killed him and daughter Caroline came crashing down a hillside into their two-story home.

Montgomery's wife and oldest daughter had left for a business trip to New York soon after returning home Sunday. He stayed behind with 22-year-old Caroline, who had just graduated from college, and his 20-year-old son, Duffy.

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The three were asleep before dawn Tuesday when the mudslide slammed into their home. The 54-year-old physician, sleeping downstairs, was swept away.

His daughter, sleeping upstairs, was engulfed in mud and other debris. As Duffy tried to save her she died in his arms, said Dr. Michael Behrman, a longtime family friend. Her brother suffered a broken shoulder blade and other injuries.

Behrman had been staying in the Montgomery family's home while they vacationed, his own home having burned down during the devastating wildfire that struck the area last month.

"Having a house burned down and losing all your stuff doesn't seem like a very big deal now," he told The Associated Press. "It's losing Mark and his daughter and the utter devastation of the area that has gone along with that. I, like everybody here, knew several of the other people who died."

He was especially close to Montgomery, having recruited his fellow orthopedic surgeon to Santa Barbara more than 20 years ago and having mentored Montgomery during his residency.

"He made a huge difference in people's lives," Behrman said. "He was an absolutely wonderful guy, who had a kind word for everybody, very friendly, compassionate and wonderful with his patients."

As word of the physician's death spread, tributes poured onto social media.

"He fixed my hand after a camping accident in 2012, two weeks before my wedding," David Iglesias told KSBY. "I cut all the tendons in my fingers. He was able to reattach them. I have full use and feeling in my hand because of Dr. Montgomery."

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Marilyn Ramos was asleep in bed with her 3-year-old daughter, Kaelly Benitez, when the mudslide came crashing through their rental home, carrying both to their deaths.

Also killed was Kaelly's 10-year-old cousin, Jonathan Benitez, who was asleep nearby.

Marilyn's husband, Antonio Benitez, was injured, as was his brother, Victor, who is Jonathan's father. Victor's 2-year-old son survived, but his wife, Faviola Benitez Calderon, 28, was missing.

The brothers, immigrants from Mexico, owned a gardening and landscaping business in Montecito. Marilyn was a stay-at-home mom.

"My sister was such a good person, she only thought of others to the point that she would cry with you when you were hurt or sick," Jennifer Ramos said between sobs as she spoke by phone from her home in Mexico.

Her 27-year-old sister called relatives every day in the town of Marquelia, near Acapulco on Mexico's Pacific coast, Jennifer Ramos said. When a call didn't come Tuesday she sensed something was wrong.

During her last call home the day before, Marilyn put her daughter on the phone and she happily told her aunt about the toys she received on Jan. 6, The Day of the Magi, a holiday widely celebrated in Latin America.

During a visit home in September, Marilyn Ramos told her family she missed Mexico and hoped to return someday. On Friday, her family spoke with Mexican officials about bringing her body back.

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The body of 30-year-old Pinit Sutthithepa was found Saturday and crews were still searching for his 2-year-old daughter, Lydia.

The mudslide decimated Sutthithepa's family, killing his 6-year-old son, Peerawat, and stepfather, Richard Loring Taylor, 79.

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"At 4 a.m. the house was obliterated by mud, boulders and rushing water. Literally nothing is left," Mike Caldwell, Sutthithepa's boss at Toyota of Santa Barbara, wrote on a GoFundMe page seeking help for the family.

His wife and mother were working at the time. Another relative was rescued by firefighters.

"This family has lost everything but the clothes they were wearing," Caldwell wrote.

Sutthithepa immigrated from Thailand, leaving behind his wife and two children but sending them money for years until he could bring them to the United States, a friend, Poy Sayavongs, told the Lee Central Coast News.

"They finally were able to make it to the states in the summer of 2016," Sayavongs said. "It's cruel — they only had a short time together before this tragedy struck."

A month earlier, the family had evacuated to a Red Cross shelter for a night as the devastating wildfire threatened their home.

"I would've never imagined Peerawat would've been killed by the mudslides, when they were able to survive the Thomas Fire," family friend Kevin Touly told the Central Coast News. "We're just so heartbroken."

Peerawat, known as Pasta, loved trains, Touly told the Los Angeles Times.

Sometimes, Sutthithepa's wife would join him at work and bring along their children, co-worker Anneliese Place told the Times.

Peerawat would run around her desk and giggle, she said.

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The body of 87-year-old Joseph Francis Bleckel was found in his Romero Canyon home four days after the disaster hit.

Bleckel and his late wife, Margaret, did not have any children but were always surrounded by 20 nieces and nephews, KSBY-TV reported .

"Basic idea is that he really was an adopted father," nephew Gerald Bleckel told the station. "God, they treated us so special. I really did feel like it was a special relationship."

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Joseph Bleckel came out of Depression-era poverty, joined the Navy and served in the Korean War and then used the GI Bill to get an education, according to the family.

"He got a degree and he had a Masters in electrical engineering," said Jim Bleckel, another nephew. "He was a scientific guy, very methodical and precise in everything, very polite."

Joseph Bleckel worked for Westinghouse Electric Corp. in supply chain quality control until he retired at age 66. The family told KSBY he loved to read, travel and watch the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Peter Fleurat was at home with his partner of 17 years during Tuesday's violent storm when the couple felt the floor beneath them shake and roll.

Moments later, a wall of mud burst through their walls and swept him and Ralph "Lalo" Barajas away.

"The last thing Peter yelled out to me was, 'Lalo, grab onto some wood and don't let go,'" Barajas told CBS News. "That was the last I heard of him."

Barajas was rescued, treated for cuts, bruises and a sprained neck and released from a Santa Barbara hospital. He searched for his partner until he got the news that he had died.

Fleurat was a member of the Ventura County Koi Society with a great sense of humor, society president Mary Oxman told the Los Angeles Times. He sometimes showed up to meetings wearing bright colors or silly sunglasses.

"He liked to do silly, off-the-wall things just to see how people would react," Oxman said.

Barajas is the owner of The Rose, a popular Mexican restaurant in Santa Barbara, and his niece, Angelique Barajas, responded to offers of help from customers by launching a GoFundMe page for him.

She said her uncle will need money to replace his home and possessions — and to bury his partner.

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Jim and Alice Mitchell had been married for more than 50 years and had just celebrated Jim's 89th birthday when they were swept away along with their dog Gigi.

Jim, who worked in labor relations, and Alice, a schoolteacher, had moved to Montecito in 1995 after raising their two children in Southern California's Orange County.

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"They're an adorable couple, and they were in love with their house," their daughter, Kelly Weimer, said Wednesday before learning they had died.

She last spoke to them Monday when she called to wish her father a happy birthday.

The couple had planned to stay at home the night of the storm and have a quiet dinner. Their grandson had taken them out to celebrate the day before.

The Mitchells are survived by their two children, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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Rebecca Riskin was the picture of success and health before she was killed.

Her firm, Riskin Partners, credited the former ballerina with having closed more than $2 billion in high-end real estate sales since she founded the company in the early 1990s.

"She's leaving a huge void. She was exceptional," said Gina Conte, who described the 61-year-old Riskin as her best friend, mentor and confidante.

Conte said Riskin, who was the maid of honor at her wedding, took joy in pairing the perfect home with the perfect family and loved cooking, going for long walks and spending movie nights with her family.

Riskin was swept away after the mudslide tore through her living room, Conte said, adding that Riskin's husband survived because he was in bed in a part of the house that stayed intact. Her body was found Wednesday near a highway.

Riskin Partners spokeswoman Erin Lammers said Riskin was a member of the American Ballet Theater in New York before an injury cut short her dancing career.

She returned to her hometown of Los Angeles in 1979, where she began selling high-end real estate on the city's west side. She moved to Montecito in the early 1990s.

Riskin is survived by her husband, two grown children and a grandson.

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Lauren Cantin became the face of survival when rescuers pulled the mud-covered 14-year-old girl from her flattened home earlier this week. Authorities said her 49-year-old father, David, died and her 17-year-old brother, Jack, is missing.

David Cantin was vice president of global sales for a leading developer of instruments used by surgeons. Cantin's company, NDS Surgical Imaging, developed some of the medical industry's earliest digital imaging technologies for minimally invasive surgery.

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He graduated from Bryant University and obtained a graduate degree from Xavier University, according to his employer's website. He also was a Scoutmaster for the Boy Scouts.

His house was destroyed by the mudslide that buried his daughter for hours before firefighters could rescue her.

"I thought I was dead for a minute," she told them before an ambulance took her away.

Her mother, Kim, also was rescued.

NeoTract, a maker of devices used in urology, launched a fundraising page asking for financial support for the family.In two days it more than tripled its goal of $20,000.

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Josephine "Josie" Gower was celebrated by family as a woman who loved and embraced life for each one of her 69 years.

"I have never met anyone quite like her and never will again," her daughter-in-law Sarah Gower wrote on Facebook after authorities confirmed Gower was among those killed by the mudslides. "She was the life of the party, always, and loved us all so fiercely. She lived for her kids and for our kids."

Gower's own Facebook page reveals a woman with a playful love of life. One photo shows her dressed as a mermaid by a pool while others show her riding horses and cuddling with her cats.

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"A bundle of fun," her daughter-in-law said. "She was just simply the most loving, cheerful, beautiful, strong, independent force. We will miss her so."

She is survived by two adult children and three grandchildren.

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Friends and family remembered John McManigal as a dedicated family man who died trying to help one of his six children flee the pre-dawn mudslide as it enveloped their home.

Awakened by a last-second warning Tuesday that disaster was approaching, McManigal, 61, roused his 23-year-old son, Connor, and the pair tried to flee. He was killed. His son, carried a mile by the mud, survived.

"Connor, is recovering from serious injuries in the hospital," a friend said in a statement posted on a GoFundMe page created for the family.

The posting described McManigal as "an amazing man, father of six, and a loving husband."

His community activities included serving as a host father for the Santa Barbara Foresters baseball club, for which Connor played.

"Like the rest of our larger Santa Barbara community, we are crushed by this tragedy," the club said in a statement. "We send love, prayers, and strength to the affected families and their loved ones."

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Roy Rohter was the revered founder of a private Catholic school in nearby Ventura.

The 84-year-old former real estate broker had fled his Montecito home just last month when it came under threat from a wildfire. He died at that home, authorities confirmed Thursday.

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"Roy believed intensely in the power of a Catholic education," St. Augustine Headmaster Michael Van Hecke, said this week. "He's been a deep supporter of the school in every way and a mentor to me personally, to the faculty and to the kids."

Officials of the K-12 school Rohter founded in 1994 said his wife was injured in the mudslide but survived.

"Pray also for his wife, Theresa, the gentle giant of charity and grace, and for his children and grandchildren," the school said in a statement.

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Also killed was Martin Cabrera-Munoz, 48.

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In addition to Faviola Benitez Calderon and Lydia Sutthithepa, the missing include John "Jack" Keating, 53 and John "Jack" Cantin, 17.

Rogers and Watson reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press writers Michael Balsamo and Krysta Fauria in Montecito and Christopher Weber, Amanda Lee Myers, Robert Jablon and John Antczak in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

A service honoring civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday was dominated by conversations about vulgar comments President Trump reportedly made about African nations last week. 

Hundreds gathered at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, across the street from Trump Tower, for the interfaith service, which was about equality and unity. Upon arriving, they were given pins that said, “We shall overcome.”

The worshipers gathered not only to honor King, who was assassinated 50 years ago this year, but also to strike down tweets and remarks reportedly made by Trump during an Oval Office meeting last week.

“Dispersing water hoses of the 60s have given way to the divisive tweets of the 21st century,” said Monsignor Kevin Sullivan, of the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York.

During the White House meeting Thursday, Trump questioned the need to admit more Haitians to the U.S., along with Africans from “shithole countries,” according to people briefed on the conversation but not authorized to describe it publicly.

Trump also said in the meeting he would prefer immigrants from countries like Norway instead. The White House has not denied that Trump said the word "shithole," though Trump did push back on some depictions of the meeting.

Worshipers on Sunday called the president's remarks racist and divisive. After the service, some of them had plans to march to Trump Tower to “pray for his soul and our country in a national call to conscience.”

A crowd was gathering outside Trump Tower by 7 p.m. 

Martenia Miller, who attended the service, said she wishes Trump could hear the message being spread just a block away from his eponymous building on Fifth Avenue.

“I can’t really go in and speak to him in a nice, closed off room and explain to him that he really needs to stop and think about America as a group of people who are united for one cause,” Miller said.

Worshipers say Sunday’s event is just one of several they’ll hold to try to unite people from different backgrounds.

Connecticut State Police are investigating after a teen walked into an apartment in Montville and robbed the resident at knifepoint Sunday.

Police said the 17-year-old walked into the apartment at 52 Pequot Road around 9 p.m. through an unlocked door. The resident told police that he knew the suspect and that the suspect had been sending threatening text messages.

The suspect waved a knife around and demanded money from the victim. The victim handed over $15 and the suspect fled. No one was hurt.

Police said the suspect has been identified and an arrest warrant is pending.

There is no danger to the public.

A wrong-way driver has been charged with DUI after hitting a Connecticut State Police cruiser on I-95 south in Darien early Monday, according to state police.

State police said Troop G received multiple calls for a driver traveling north on I-95 southbound around 12:48 a.m. Trooper Eduardo Santiago responded to the scene and spotted the 2016 Audi driving the wrong way near the exit 12 on ramp. As the vehicle came toward Santiago he was able to avoid a head-on crash, but the Audi side-swept his cruiser, causing serious damage to both vehicles.

Santiago and the driver of the Audi, identified as 26-year-old Ashton Steen of Darien, were not injured.

According to police, Steen admitted to drinking alcohol and told troopers she thought she was in New Jersey.

She failed field sobriety tests and was arrested. She faces charges of reckless endangerment, reckless driving, driving the wrong way and DUI. She was released on a $10,000 bond and is due in court on Feb. 20.

A 21-year-old man was seriously injured in a stabbing in Norwich Sunday.

Police said around 8:15 p.m. they received a 911 call reporting a man suffering stab wounds in the area of Franklin Street and Willow Street. First responders found the victim at 99 Franklin Street.

The victim had multiple stab wounds to his body and head and was taken to Backus Hospital for treatment. He is listed in serious but stable condition, police said.

The case remains under investigation. Anyone with information should contact Norwich police.

Bristol police have located a missing 83-year-old man at Hartford Hospital.

Donald Aiudi was last seen Saturday around 8 p.m. and a Silver Alert was issued Sunday. On Monday police confirmed that he had been located at the hospital.

The Silver Alert has been canceled.

No other details were available.

Route 17A in Portland is closed near the fairgrounds due to flooding Monday morning.

The Connecticut River was expected to be near a flood stage of 7 feet Monday morning. Portland police closed 17A between Route 7 and Summer Street as a precaution, as the area is prone to flooding.

There was also minor flooding at Harbor Park in Middletown, though as of 7:45 a.m. no roads had been closed. Harbor Drive near the Canoe Club is generally one of the first areas to see flooding.

Reports of flooding came in from across Connecticut after a dramatic increase in temperatures last week caused melting and rain moved in, filling rivers to the brim. Ice jams along rivers also contributed to the flooding.

Flood warnings remain in effect for the Connecticut River in Hartford and Middlesex Counties, the Housatonic River and Sepaug River in Litchfield County, and the Pawcatuck River in New London County.

Some residents in Kent had to be evacuated when the Housatonic River overflowed its banks Saturday.

There was also flooding along the Shetucket River in Norwich.

Hartford police are searching for a driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash on Edgewood Street Sunday.

Police said 61-year-old Miriam Garcia, of Hartford, was struck by a car in the area of 61 Edgewood Street around noon. She was rushed to Saint Francis Hospital where she died of her injuries.

An empty car believed to be the vehicle involved was found at the scene. Witnesses told police the driver took off after the crash.

The suspect is described as a male in his late 20s or early 30s with a medium build, clean-shaven with a short haircut. He was wearing a dark shirt and blue jeans at the time of the crash.

Anyone with information should contact Hartford police. Tips can be made anonymously at ‪(860) 722-8477‬ or by contacting Sergeant Jason Lee at ‪(860) 757-4441‬.

One person was killed in a crash on Torrington Road in Winchester Sunday.

Police said the vehicle was traveling north on Torrington Road when the car crossed the yellow line and drove off the road, hitting a large boulder.

The driver suffered a severe head injury. The victim was taken to Charlotte Hungerford Hospital and then airlifted to Saint Francis, but died of the injuries.

The victim has not been identified pending notification of next of kin.

The crash remains under investigation.

LifeStar was called to Camp Meeting Road in Bolton for one patient.

No additional information was available.

Police are investigating after a man wearing a ski mask and carrying a crowbar assaulted a female victim in Canterbury last week.

Police said the victim was assaulted on North Canterbury Road around 5:30 p.m. last Wednesday.

The man is stocky and between 5-feet-6 and 5-feet 8, according to state police.

Anyone with information is asked to call state police.

A veteran has filed a malpractice lawsuit against the United States after an X-ray revealed that a scalpel used during a surgery he had at the VA Hospital in West Haven four years earlier had been left in his abdomen, according to the man’s attorney.

Faxon Law Group filed the medical malpractice lawsuit.

They said a 61-year-old United States Army veteran who lives in Bridgeport, was suffering from dizziness and abdominal pains, so he went to the West Haven campus of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System on March 29 for an MRI, but his pain got worse and the process was abruptly stopped, according to the Faxon Law Group.

X-rays then revealed that a scalpel had been left inside the veteran’s body, near his stomach and intestines. Doctors determined it was from a procedure performed on Aug. 30, 2013, at the West Haven VA, according to the Faxon Law Group.

In April, the veteran went through surgery to remove the scalpel.

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal responded to the lawsuit with a statement.

“I’m appalled and stunned by allegations of this egregious medical malpractice case involving the West Haven VA. While the court determines liability, I have asked for a detailed explanation from VA of this deeply troubling report. I am demanding also full accountability so this kind of horrific negligence never happens again. America owes our veterans the world’s best medical care, nothing less,” Blumenthal said in a statement.

The VA hospital is closed Monday for the federal holiday and a spokesperson said they have not had a chance to review the lawsuit but hope to provide a response later this week.

Crews have responded to what officials are calling a contained chemical fire at 85 Westbrook Road in Essex and they are watching it as it burns itself out. 

The fire at Nalas Engineering was reported around 1:30 p.m., according to state police. 

Hazmat teams from Guilford as well as the subbase were brought in. Officials from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said they also have a hazmat team responding.

Westbrook Road is closed between 153 Plains Road and Main Street.

The cause of the fire is not yet known. 

A Shitzu-Poodle on a walk with its owner in Wallingford was fatally mauled by two dogs on Monday, police said. 

The owner of the smaller dog called police at 1:04 p.m. and said her pet was attacked on her front lawn on Bernadette Lane around 8:30 a.m.

She told police she was taking her dog for a walk but by the time she reached the front of her property, two pit bulls from two houses away ran out of their yard.

The pit bulls attacked the Shitzu-Poodle while the owner of the smaller dog tried to get them to stop. A neighbor heard the commotion and helped break up the dogs before the owner of the two pit bulls came out and removed his dogs, Wallingford police said. 

The owner of the Shitzu-Poodle took her dog to the vet immediately but believes the dog died while en route, police said. 

Police said when they went to speak with the owner of the pit bulls, they were not home.

The investigation is ongoing. 

Norwegian Airlines will discontinue its nonstop service from Bradley Airport to Edinburgh, Scotland, the Connecticut Airport Authority (CAA) said. 

A tax called the United Kingdon's Air Passenger Duty (APD) is levied on passengers who use Edinburgh Airport and "has had a debilitating effect on Norwegian’s business model," CAA Executive Director Kevin A. Dillon said in a statement.

"Indeed, Norwegian [Airline]’s decision to discontinue the Bradley route has not been made in isolation. Bradley is not the only airport with Norwegian service to Edinburgh that is being impacted by these dynamics," Dillon said.

While Norwegian Airlines prides itself on serving "ultra-low" cost options, according to Dillon, the ADP doubles the passenger's total flight costs.

"We knew from the start that the lack of connecting options at Edinburgh Airport would make the Norwegian service a challenge to maintain. However, we were pleased to see that Norwegian’s performance was in line with expectations for a new airline entrant starting operations at Bradley. This, unfortunately, was not enough to mitigate the financial pressure that the airline has experienced on the UK side," Dillon said.

The nonstop flight from Bradley Aiport to Scotland began in June 2017.