5 things to know today: Morning mayhem

1. Crash, fatal shooting jam morning commute. Police investigated a confusing chain of events that shut the Downtown Connector north early Wednesday.

2. Can it be true? The Braves got their sixth-straight win in Miami Tuesday night, beating the Marlins in the 10th inning behind Jace Peterson's bat.

3. Father, 3 teens missing off Fla. coast. The Coast Guard is searching for a father and his three children who were reported missing Sunday from a 29-foot sailboat near Englewood.

5. Something to make you cry in your beer. Two trailers containing 3,272 cases of beer have been stolen from SweetWater Brewing Company. Part of the brew has been recovered, but it has to be destroyed, the company says.

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