Christine Dempsey

Jessiah Mercado of Springfield, Mass., and her 4-month-old baby, Messiah Diaz, were fatally shot on New Britain Ave. in Hartford Tuesday afternoon, police say.

The manhunt for Lance "Macho" Morales, who police say killed Jessiah Mercado and her baby, Messiah Diaz, in Hartford Tuesday, entered Day 3 Thursday.

Jessiah Mercado, who was fatally shot in Hartford with her baby boy, Messiah Diaz, had moved to Springfield, Mass., to escape the capital city's violence.

Overnight snowfall in Connecticut caused a delayed opening in at least New Milford on Friday morning.

A smoky vehicle fire shut down Interstate 91 in Wethersfield at rush hour Friday morning, state police say. The lanes for southbound traffic reopened by 8 a.m., they said. Jessica Bravo/Hearst Media Connecticut A smoky vehicle fire shut down Interstate 91 in Wethersfield at rush hour Friday morning, state police say. The lanes for southbound traffic reopened by 8 a.m., they said.

Interstate 91 north near Exit 24 in Wethersfield was closed Friday morning because of a vehicle fire, according to Connecticut State Police. Two lanes reopened.

News Driver escapes uninjured from fuel tanker fire on I-91 in Wethersfield, police say By Christine Dempsey

A baby in foster care in Massachusetts was killed in Hartford along with his biological mother Tuesday, and officials are trying to find out why.

Police evacuated the areas as firefighters stopped a burning tractor from igniting a 7,500-gallon gasoline tanker in Wethersfield.

U.S. Marshal: Lance “Macho” Morales of Waterbury, wanted in the Hartford shooting deaths of Jessiah Mercado and her 4-month-old son, is in custody out of state.