The Westport Fire Department is warning residents to be on alert for possible scam phone calls that claim to be collecting donations for the Westport Volunteer Fire Department.

Fire officials said the callers identify themselves as the Fire Department Foundation, which is not an organization the fire department works with.

There are two fundraising organizations with the Westport Fire Department - the Westport Volunteer Fire Department & the Westport Uniformed Firefighters Charitable Foundation. Both are registered with the URS as nonprofit organizations.

Fire officials warned that anyone representing the “Fire Department Foundation” is not working with the Westport Fire Department and that the calls may be a scam.

A Quinnipiac student was killed in an off-campus bike accident Wednesday, according to a letter to the university community.

School officials said 23-year-old Anthony Massaro, of Wethersfield, was killed in an off-campus accident.

Massaro was a sophomore majoring in philosophy and the son of Linda Massaro, associate vice president and campaign director in the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs.

Counseling services are available. Students can contact Counseling Services at 203-582-8680 and faculty and staff can contact Employee Assistance Program, e4health, at 800-828-6025.

A man was killed in a shooting in Waterbury early Sunday morning.

Police said officers responded to the area of 91 Berkeley Ave. around 3:30 a.m. There they found the victim, identified as 28-year-old Matthew Diaz, suffering from a bullet wound in his back.

Crews performed CPR and Diaz was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital, but he did not survive his injuries.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information should contact Waterbury police.

The South Carolina man accused in connection with the death of a South Windsor police officer has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Kelton Jess Todd, 21, was originally charged with assault of a high and aggravated nature for allegedly punching Matthew Mainieri at a bar in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina on Monday.

Mainieri was trying to break up a fight, according to police.

He was pronounced dead a short time later. The medical examiner said Mainieri died of head trauma.

Todd was held at a detention center while awaiting a bond hearing on the involuntary manslaughter charge, police said.

A New Haven police lieutenant has surrendered to negotiators after barricading himself inside a home, prompting a SWAT response Thursday.

According to Officer David Hartman, the incident apparently began several days ago when the lieutenant barricaded himself inside a home on Tolli Terrace. 

"We were led to believe that this was, that people in the home were prevented from leaving for several days," Hartman said.

Members of the family did eventually escape the home and went to a neighbor's.

"He did have people in the home with him over the past several days who were able to get out of the home and help with the alert that this was going on," Hartman explained.

New Haven police were notified of the incident at 5:40 p.m. Thursday. A SWAT team responded and the lieutenant cooperated with negotiators. He has been taken for psychological testing.

The lieutenant is a veteran with the department and well-respected, according to Hartman. He's had no previous issues.

Police said criminal charges are likely.

"This is a job that is filled with anguish on a daily basis, hour to hour, year to year. And some people reach a breaking point where they’re unable to manage certain things," Hartman said.

The situation prompted road closures and a large police response in the area.

“Today proved that with the right training and the right mindset, officers can perform their duties compassionately, no matter the circumstances, regardless of personal feelings," Chief Anthony Campbell wrote in a statement. "I am pleased with the peaceful resolution and that our officer will now be afforded the care he so desperately wants."

President Donald Trump has asked whether the person who wrote the anonymous op-ed in The New York Times has committed treason, but that isn't the case, NBC News reported. 

It could be considered an act of disloyalty, which is not a crime, but it's not treasonous.

Treason, the only crime defined in the Constitution, consists of levying war against the United States or "adhering to" to an enemy, giving "aid and comfort." The Constitution does not specify a penalty, but a federal law does — anything from five years in prison to death.

"Enemy" means a country or an entity that has declared war or is in a state of open war against the U.S. "Aid and comfort" must be something material, not words of encouragement. But the op-ed article fails both those tests, as it gives nothing material, and it is not in aid of an enemy.

If Republicans want to protect President Donald Trump from impeachment, they've got to show up and vote, he said at a rally in Montana Thursday night, NBC News reported.

"This election, you aren't just voting for a candidate, you are voting for which party controls Congress," he said just before bringing up what he called "the impeachment word."

Democrats want to dump him from the White House regardless of whether he's actually done anything wrong, Trump said at the Rimrock Auto Arena, where he was supporting Matt Rosendale, the Republican running against the state's Democratic U.S. senator, Jon Tester.

Trump also gave an interview to Fox News at the rally before the speech, accusing The New York Times of "virtually" committing "treason" with the publication of an opinion piece by an anonymous senior administration official that said many of Trump's aides are "working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations." 

A Bridgeport woman who thought she was lighting a candle when the power was out last night actually lit a quarter stick of dynamite and is in the hospital. 

Police said it happened around 9:20 p.m. on Lindley Street in Bridgeport. The woman sustained significant damage to her hands and was taken to Bridgeport Hospital. 

State police, the state fire marshal, the state police bomb squad, Bridgeport police officers and firefighters and the staff from the city fire marshal’s office responded and houses on either side of the victim’s house were evacuated as a precaution. 

Investigators searched the house and surrounding area and found another device in the house, according to police. 

The bomb squad was possibly going to take the explosives to Seaside Park or West Beach to detonate them.

Whiting Lane Elementary School in West Hartford is closed today because of a power failure in the neighborhood, according to the school’s website.

Eversource said a squirrel walked on some power equipment near the school around 6:30 a.m. 

A Dallas police officer shot and killed a man after entering an apartment unit she believed was her own, police said.

The shooting happened at the South Side Flats before 10 p.m., about one block from the Dallas Police Department Headquarters.

In a news conference early Friday morning, Dallas Sgt. Warren Mitchell said the officer was heading home after working a full shift when she mistakenly entered a neighbor's apartment home.

After entering the unit, she was confronted by a 26-year-old man, identified by the medical examiner's office as Botham Shem Jean. At some point, the officer fired her weapon, hitting him, police said.

Officers responded to the scene and began to treat the victim, Mitchell said. He was transported to a hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.

"He did no one any wrong," Allie Jean, the victim's mother, told NBC News in a phone interview from her home in St. Lucia. "Somebody has to be crazy not to realize that they walked into the wrong apartment. He's a bachelor. Things are different inside."

Jean, a native of St. Lucia, attended Harding University where he frequently led church services and campus events, school officials said.

"The entire Harding family grieves today for the loss of Botham Jean, who has meant so very much to us," a university statement read. "Please join us in praying for Botham’s friends and family."

Police haven't released the name of the officer, who wasn't injured.

A large Dallas police presence was at the apartment overnight into Friday morning as the department's special investigation unit processed the scene.

Neighbors told The Dallas Morning News they heard the commotion of police responding to the shooting. "We heard cops yelling," 20-year-old Caitlin Simpson said. "But otherwise had no idea what was going on."

Many residents told NBC 5 they chose to live at the complex because they believed it was safe, but now they are doubting that.

"I never expected anything like this to happen," resident Tomiya Melvin said.

Melvin says residents take elevators to their floors and the hallways all look the same so it could be a simple misunderstanding.

"It's more than a tragedy because that person is gone forever and this is going to be forever in that person's [officer's] mind and be embedded," Melvin said.

Another resident, Rachel Colon, said that a key fob is needed for every floor.

Resident Raquel, who declined to give her last name, said she saw blood at the apartments. Doors have either alarm codes, key fobs or regular keys to get inside, Raquel said.

A third resident, named Bridget, said residents' keys only work for their own doors. She also confirmed that residents have to manually lock their doors when they leave.

"I hope they investigate and figure out what happened," Bridget said.

The Dallas District Attorney's Office has joined the investigation into the shooting.

"We still have a lot to do in this investigation," Mitchell said.

Check back for developments on this breaking news story. As details unfold, elements may change.

One person is in federal custody after an incident at police headquarters in Old Saybrook. 

A post on the Old Saybrook Facebook pages says no one was injured during the incident. The police facility was forced to close and became a crime scene, but there was no disruption or delay to any emergency communication or law enforcement services. 

No additional information was immediately available.

A 72-year-old man shot an 18-year-old neighbor in Trumbull after the teen forced his way into the man’s Shelton Road home and charged at him, according to police.

The homeowner, who feared for his family’s safety, shot the teen once in the abdomen with his legally owned handgun, according to police.

Just before the shooting, police received several 911 calls from residents of the neighborhood who said a man was running into the street, trying to stop passing cars and banging on several doors.

A nearby resident identified the man, who police said suffers from a mental health disability that displays erratic and sometimes violent behavior. He might also have been affected by the severe weather at the time of the incident, according to police.

The teen who was shot was transported to Bridgeport Hospital, where he is in stable condition.

The resident who shot his gun was cooperative and remained at the scene, police said.

No charges have been filed against either of the men.

A romance novelist was arrested on suspicion of murder three months after her  husband, a chef, was found fatally shot inside the culinary institute where he taught, NBC News reported.

Police in Portland, Oregon, said that Nancy Crampton-Brophy, 68, was arrested at her home on Wednesday — three months after Daniel Brophy was killed inside the Oregon Culinary Institute. She was arraigned Thursday on charges of murder and unlawful use of a weapon. Police did not release a possible motive for the June 2 killing.

Crampton-Brophy describes herself on her website as the author of "fiction books under the Romance Suspense genre." Among her works is a series with the tagline "wrong never felt so right," which includes titles such as "The Wrong Hero," "The Wrong Brother" and "The Wrong Husband." 

At a vigil outside the culinary school where he taught for decades, Crampton-Brophy had mourned her husband, saying, "Daniel was one of the few people I've ever known who did exactly what he wanted in life and loved doing it. He was a person who did what he loved: he loved teaching, he loved mushrooms, he loved his family."

The national tour of the hit Broadway show "Hamilton: An American Musical" is set to make its Connecticut debut this December and tickets will be going on sale to the general public tomorrow morning.

Customers will be able to buy tickets online starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8 through The Bushnell's website.

The theater's box office will also be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and staff from the Bushnell expect people might begin lining up tonight.

'Hamilton' will be stopping in Hartford from Dec. 11 to 30.  The tour's visit to Connecticut was announced in March 2017.

Bushnell "2018-2019 Broadway Series" members will receive tickets for the show as part of their subscription, but donors to The Bushnell will have the opportunity to buy limited additional tickets ahead of the public sale date.

The Bushnell has set up a special website with information about the show.

A memorial service was held Friday morning for Sergeant Matthew Mainieri, a 20-year-veteran of the South Windsor police department.

Hundreds gathered at The First Cathedral in Bloomfield to pay their respects to Mainieri.

The 41-year-old was off-duty when he died Sunday after trying to break up a fight in a bar near Myrtle Beach in South Carolina. 

He was a 20-year veteran of the South Windsor department and was known to ride his motorcycle with friends in South Carolina.

The obituary for Mainieri says he was born in Burlington, Vermont and was raised in Colchester, Vermont. He lived in Connecticut since 1996 and became a part-time resident of Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina in 2017. 

The memorial service is scheduled for 10 a.m. at The First Cathedral at 1153 Blue Hills Avenue in Bloomfield.

Kelton Jess Todd, 21, of South Carolina, is accused of punching Matthew Mainieri at a bar in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina and was originally charged with assault of a high and aggravated nature. He was later charged with involuntary manslaughter.

There is a heavy police presence on Main Street in Old Saybrook, employees have been evacuated and members of the state police bomb squad said this is related to incidents involving white powder over the last few days.

Old Saybrook police officers and firefighters and Guilford firefighters are at the scene.

The package is out of the building and being taken to the state forensic lab.

No additional information is available and the FBI had no comment.

Investigations are underway into white powder incidents in Hartford, New Haven and Bristol earlier this week.

No arrests have been made in the case, but the U.S. Attorney's Office said 51-year-old Gary Gravelle, of New Haven, is being questioned.

He was arrested on a supervised release violation unrelated to these cases and is in custody.

Gravelle is known to federal authorities. In 2013, he was sentenced in Bridgeport federal court to 70 months in prison for mailing threatening letters and he was released from federal prison in November 2015.

Check back for updates.

Former President Barack Obama reacted to the controversial New York Times op-ed written by an anonymous White House staffer who said they and others are resisting President Donald Trump’s worst urges. “That’s not a check” on Trump, Obama said at the University of Illinois.

Charges have been dropped against the man who recorded a Hartford police officer when he warned a group of young people not to flee or fight because he was "trigger happy," according to the State’s Attorney in Hartford. Charges filed against his friends have also been dropped. 

Officers were initially called to investigate a potential gun and narcotics complaint on Heath Street in Hartford one night in August and Rashawn Johnson was issued a summons for trespassing.

Johnson said he and his friends were doing nothing wrong, just having drinks outside a friend’s house, when police pulled up and he started recording out of fear. 

After the Facebook video surfaced, which shows Sgt. Stephen Barone telling the group that if they tried to flee, he's a "little trigger happy" and added he gets paid overtime if he has to shoot someone, some local and community leaders called on Police Chief David Rosado to fire Barone and drop the trespassing charges against the Johnson and the others who were on Heath Street the night of the interaction. 

“I’m happy the charges have been dropped, but I feel like this is only the outcome of me videotaping what happened and if I hadn’t videotaped it there would be no justice for me and my friends and I feel this officer still needs to be held accountable,” Johnson said. 

Barone was demoted and assigned to desk duty after an internal affairs investigation found he violated the department's code of conduct. 

Mayor Luke Bronin said the disciplinary process could take several weeks. 

Barone had no comment for NBC Connecticut Thursday, and his union representative at the Hartford Police Department did not respond to a request for comment. 

A hearing for Barone to answer to charges is set for Sept. 11. 

Former President Barack Obama returned to the political stage Friday at the University of Illinois, where he delivered a speech about the importance of voting in the upcoming midterm elections. “The biggest threat to democracy is indifference,” he said.

The U.S. men’s soccer team is coming to Connecticut and will take on Peru at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. 

This match between the U.S. men's national and Peru, to be held at 8 p.m. on Oct. 16, is part of the fall kickoff series.

Tickets go on sale to the public Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 10 a.m. ET through ussoccer.com and rentschlerfield.com.

You can buy them by phone by calling 1-877-522-8499 between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. ET or at the XL Center ticket office starting Thursday, Sept. 13.

Tickets will not be sold at Pratt & Whitney Stadium except on the day of the event

The United States and Peru are facing off for the third time since 2000.