The Shot Spotter program alerted police to the incident just after midnight Sunday. Responding officers found several 45-caliber bullet casings in the street.

According to police, a witness claims to have seen a black male, wearing a black sweatshirt with stripes, exit a building in the area. He then reportedly fired several times into the air before fleeing the scene.

Police are still investigating, and do not currently have any suspects.

By BARBARA RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It’s all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said Sunday.

The single winner was sold at a supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla., according to Florida Lottery executive Cindy O’Connell. She told The Associated Press by telephone that more details would be released later.

“This would be the sixth Florida Powerball winner and right now, it’s the sole winner of the largest ever Powerball jackpot,” O’Connell told AP. “We’re delighted right now that we have the sole winner.”

She said Florida has had more Powerball winners than any other state.

The winner was not immediately identified publicly and O’Connell did not give any indication just hours after Saturday’s drawing whether anyone had already stepped forward with that winning ticket.

With four out of every five possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, lottery executives said earlier that someone was almost certain to win the game’s highest jackpot, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars — and that’s after taxes.

Saturday night’s winning numbers were 10, 13, 14, 22 and 52, with a Powerball of 11.

Estimates had earlier put the jackpot at around $600 million. But Powerball’s online site said Sunday that the jackpot had reached an estimated $590.5 million.

Terry Rich, CEO of the Iowa Lottery, initially confirmed that one Florida winning ticket had been sold. He told AP that following the Florida winner, the Powerball grand prize was being reset at an estimated jackpot of $40 million, or about $25.1 million cash value.

The chances of winning the prize were astronomically low: 1 in 175.2 million. That’s how many different ways you can combine the numbers when you play. But lottery officials estimated that about 80 percent of those possible combinations had been purchased recently.

While the odds are low for any one individual or individuals, O’Connell said, the chance that one hits paydirt is what makes Powerball an “exciting game to play.”

“There is just the chance that you will have the opportunity and Florida is a huge Powerball state. We have had more winners than any other state that participates in Powerball.”

Such longshot odds didn’t deter people across Powerball-playing states — 43 plus Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands — from lining up at gas stations and convenience stores Saturday for their chance at striking it filthy rich.

Calls by AP to the Publix supermarket outlet in Florida where the winning ticket was sold were not answered Sunday.

Elsewhere, Rich said, lottery officials reported 33 winning tickets for a $1,000,000 prize each were sold around 17 states, led by six tickets in New York. He said lotteries reported 2 winning tickets each for the $2,000,000 PowerPlay, one in New York and the other in South Carolina.

Before the drawing, there was a rush for tickets around the country.

At a mini market in the heart of Los Angeles’ Chinatown, employees broke the steady stream of customers into two lines: One for Powerball ticket buyers and one for everybody else. Some people appeared to be looking for a little karma.

“We’ve had two winners over $10 million here over the years, so people in the neighborhood think this is the lucky store,” employee Gordon Chan said as he replenished a stack of lottery tickets on a counter.

The world’s largest jackpot was a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot in March 2012. If $600 million, the jackpot would currently include a $376.9 million cash option.

Clyde Barrow, a public policy professor at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, specializes in the gaming industry. He said one of the key factors behind the ticket-buying frenzy is the size of the jackpot — people are interested in the easy investment.

“Even though the odds are very low, the investment is very small,” he said. “Two dollars gets you a chance.”

That may be why Ed McCuen has a Powerball habit that’s as regular as clockwork. The 57-year-old electrical contractor from Savannah, Ga., buys one ticket a week, regardless of the possible loot. It’s a habit he didn’t alter Saturday.

“You’ve got one shot in a gazillion or whatever,” McCuen said, tucking his ticket in his pocket as he left a local convenience store. “You can’t win unless you buy a ticket. But whether you buy one or 10 or 20, it’s insignificant.”

Seema Sharma doesn’t seem to think so. The newsstand employee in Manhattan’s Penn Station purchased $80 worth of tickets for herself. She also was selling tickets all morning at a steady pace, instructing buyers where to stand if they wanted machine-picked tickets or to choose their own numbers.

“I work very hard — too hard — and I want to get the money so I can finally relax,” she said. “You never know.”

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Associated Press Radio Correspondent Julie Walker and AP writers Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, S.C., Betsy Blaney in Lubbock, Texas, Russ Bynum in Savannah, Ga., John Rogers in Los Angeles and Verena Dobnick in New York contributed to this report.

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Just before midnight Friday, police responded to High Street in Springfield after they were alerted to the gunfire by the Shot Spotter program.

Joseph Taschereau, of Waterbury, CT., was arrested on multiple firearms charges, including possession of a firearm without a permit, and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building.

Two hours later, police responded to another shots fired complaint, this time on Hampden Street.

When they arrived on scene, police saw a car speeding across a parking lot at the location. One officer had to jump out of the way to avoid being struck.

28-year-old Darrel Gibbons of Springfield was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and operating under the influence.

Seventeen people across 10 states – including New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Colorado, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin – matched five numbers. They will each receive a $250,000 prize.

The MegaMillions jackpot pales in comparison, however, to tonight’s Powerball jackpot, which has soared to $600 million. It is the highest that jackpot has been in history. The odds of winning that drawing are also 175 million to 1.

SPRINGFIELD (WGGB) – Springfield Police are searching for a car involved in an armed robbery this morning.

It started about 4:30am Monday, in front of the Racing Mart on Sumner Avenue. That’s where police say an individual was robbed on the street, and the suspects took off in a car.

Police were able to spot the vehicle and chase is for some time , but then lost track of it. Police then found the car in the area of King and Hancock Streets, but the driver was no where to be found. Officers tell ABC40 that the car was stolen.

No arrestS have been made.

Police are currently looking for another car that may be involved, a black Honda with a wing graphic on the back. If you have any information, you are asked to call Springfield Police at (413) 787-6310.

Springfield Police responded to a 911 call just after 1:30 this morning. When they arrived at 56 Fargo Street, they found the victim struck multiple times in the head with a baseball bat.

Police arrested 29-year-old Miguel Bonilla of West Springfield. He has been charged with attempted murder, kidnapping, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

The victim was transported to the hospital.

53-year-old Roberto Peralas was involved in an accident on Main Street just before 3 o’clock this morning.

Springfield Police chased Peralas onto State Street where he was stopped and subsequently arrested. He now faces several charges including fleeing the scene of a personal injury accident, operating under the influence, assault with a motor vehicle, risk of injury to a child, assault on a police officer, and resisting arrest.

The occupants of the other car suffered some injuries, but did not require hospitalization.

Two cars collided at the intersection of Pease Rd. and Lee St. just after 10pm Saturday.

The Jaws of Life were required to extricate a passenger from one of the cars. All six people involved in that accident were taken to Baystate Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

The attack occurred about 10 o’clock last night.

The victim checked himself into Mercy Medical Center and was transported to Baystate Medical Center, where he underwent surgery. He is expected to survive.

Police have not made any arrests in the case.

Officers were responding to a minor car accident on Wilbraham Road, near Western New England University, when they were flagged down by two men who appeared to have been injured; one had been slashed in the hand, while the other had been stabbed twice in the stomach. He remains in the hospital in serious, but stable, condition.

The men told police they had been at a party on Maybrook Street when the incident occurred. Police went to the house, where they found a third victim who had been struck in the head with a brick. He was also transported to the hospital where he is in stable condition.

According to police, the homeowner was throwing a graduation party for his son, when some uninvited guests arrived, and a fight broke out.

All three victims are expected to survive.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) — One man is behind bars Sunday morning after police say he attempted to rob a pizza delivery man at 15 Avon Place in Springfield.

Springfield Police Sergeant Kenneth Murray tells ABC40 that officers were patrolling Maple Street near Avon Place around 1 a.m. Sunday when they noticed a disturbance at 15 Avon Place.

Murray adds that Robert Owens was spotted pushing another man with what was later determined to be a 9mm gun.

As police approached the victim, a pizza delivery man exclaimed that Owens had tried to rob him. Owens fled and the police followed in pursuit and called in their K-9 unit.

Owens was arrested near 175 Maple Street and has been charged with multiple offenses including robbery, possession of a firearm, carrying without a license and felony firearm possession.

Owens, who police say is homeless, was also carrying a small amount of crack cocaine at the time of the arrest.

No injuries were sustained and no money was taken.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) — A 21-year old man was arrested early Sunday morning after slashing another man on the hand.

JaJa Brathwaite was reportedly arguing with the victim just before 3:00 a.m. on Dickinson Street in Springfield.

According to police, Brathwaite threatened to cut the other man, and when he reached out, Brathwaite allegedly did just that.

Police located Brathwaire at 71 Bullmont Street. He was arrested without incident and the knife was recovered.

Police say the injury was not life threatening.

LONGMEADOW, Mass. (WGGB) – I-91 Northbound is back open this morning after a major accident closed down all three lanes for more than an hour and a half overnight.

The accident occurred just after 3:00 Sunday morning.

According to the State Police in Springfield, a vehicle struck the guardrail just past the Connecticut state line.

When a second car stopped to assist the driver, a third vehicle struck them.

All three drivers were transported to Baystate Medical Center. The extent of their injuries is not yet known.

The Drug Enforcement Agency sponsored a National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.

The DEA hoped to use the event to educate people on the dangers of keeping and using expired medications, as well as a way to offer a safe place for people to get rid of those medications — no questions asked.

Local police departments sponsored the event from 10am to 2pm today. For a list of drop off points near you, just visit the DEA’s website.

According to fire officials, fire fighters had to tear down sheet rock at the back of the building to fight the fire, which caused between $5-10 thousand in damage.

The smoke detectors in the home did not seem to be functioning, and the homeowner was alerted to the fire when her dog began scratching at the door.

No injuries were reported, but three second floor residents have been displaced. The Pioneer Valley Red Cross is assisting.

It happened at 191 Pasco Road in Indian Orchard just after 3 this morning.

According to fire officials, the blaze started in the detached one car garage adjacent to the home.

The fire caused several thousand dollars in damage. It is currently under investigation.

The fire began in a detached three car garage, and caused roughly $20,000 in damage.

Firefighters temporarily evacuated the residents, as well as those in the neighboring house at 12 Coomes Street.

According to fire officials, the incident is being considered suspicious, and remains under investigation.

Springfield police responded to multiple shots fired at 285 Liberty Street in Springfield, at around 12:40 this morning.

According to police, when they arrived, they found the victim suffering from a single gunshot wound to his lower left leg. He was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The victim is not cooperating with police, and there are currently no suspects in the shooting.

A sobriety checkpoint was set up on West Columbus Avenue in Springfield – just outside the Basketball Hall of Fame.

According to police, a total of 186 vehicles were stopped at the checkpoint. Four people were arrested for operating under the influence.

A saturation patrol set up prior to the checkpoint resulted in three additional arrests, one of which included a drug arrest.

BOSTON, Mass. (WGGB) – His voice has been the sound of summer for Red Sox fans all across New England and beyond.

Joe Castiglione has been the radio voice of the Red Sox since 1983 and he shows no signs of slowing down.

It’s the call the resonated across Red Sox Nation – the final out in 2004 World Series game four against St Louis. For the first time in 87 years, the Sox were world champions and Joe Castiglione was behind the microphone.

Castiglione says, “Well, I think just being at the right place at the right time thanks to the blessings of God to be there, because I was the first one, the only one to call a world championship on a Red Sox network because there was no radio in 1918.”

And he got to do it all over again in 2007.

Western Massachusetts played a big role in Joe’s road to the Fenway broadcast booth.

“In the summer of 1967 doing news and the Sunday afternoon DJ a one man band at what was then WDEW in Westfield, 1570 on your dial”, Castiglione remembers. “The first baseball game I ever did was for the Westfield, Mass. state championship in 1967. It was Westfield against Holyoke at MacKenzie and Westfield won and then the next week we went to the Cape for Westfield’s state championship game, which they won.”

Joe was anchoring sports in Cleveland in the mid 1970′s, but his dream was to always call games. There were few minor league teams back then where he could get experience to he would go to Cleveland Stadium, home of the Indians, to practice.

“Sit up in the stands with a tape recorder and record play by play. I had plenty of empty seats in that 80 thousand seat stadium because it was huge and we had a bad ball club, so just me and the pigeons, they were the only ones that heard me”, says Castiglione.

And that practice led to his first professional play by play job with the Indians – Opening Day 1979 at Fenway Park. He had stints calling the Brewers in Milwaukee and back with the Indians before he came to the Sox in 1983, 31 spring seasons ago.

Last September, the Red Sox held Joe Castiglione Night to mark his 30^th season of calling Red Sox games and next year, Joe will match Ned Martin’s 32 years behind the microphone at Fenway.

Joe shows no signs of slowing down. He says, “I really have no plans Dave. You try to take this year by year. I’ve been blessed with good health. I remember Curt Gowdy told me when I first started with the Red Sox, to do what you do, you’ve got to have good health, you have to have an understanding wife and you really have to keep the stress level low.”

And the more the Red Sox win, the less that stress will be.

Joe has one more Western Mass. tie. You may remember his son Duke on the air at ABC40 in the late 1990′s. Duke is sports director at WNYW-TV, FOX 5, in New York City, but he and his wife Kiki, whom he met at ABC40, still call Wilbraham home.