Deputy involved shooting in Hernando County. Melanie michael is live in the enclave subdivision and what have you learned so far . Reporter hey, stacy, good afternoon to you. At this hour, this is what were learning. Were in weeki wachee, a quiet is undivision where deputies, as you mentioned, from Hernando County, are on the scene of a involved shooting. I want to show you here. The house is around the corner. You cant see it and we other video we want to share with you at this hour and this is a deputy involved shooting that started around 1 this afternoon when deputies from the Hernando County Sheriffs Office were called out for a man who was having some short of a mental breakdown, a Healthcare Worker called 911 to let deputies know he needed assistance. A deputy and sergeant from Hernando County showed up at the house. Again, some of the details coming into in to us. We spoke with the she. When they went inside, they him to a safe place mentally and that did not take place, and th
Smash and grab happened in this parking lot of an apartment complex. A Simple Movement of like reaching back. Reporter tonight she is warning others to take their valuables with him and hopes whoever stole her purse ends up in jail. Stealing from someone else, its going to come back and get you. Reporter now, this was a problem in the past. According to the ymca, they put up these security cameras throughout this parking lot just because of that and that was back in 2013. Now it seemed to work to deter the criminals for a while. That was until just a few weeks ago. Now, we know that there are there is some footage of these crooks breaking in to that womans car. Tampa police has that video. We asked for it to be released. They said theyre Still Holding on to it. Im reporting live in south tampa, clifton french, abc action news. Hitting polk county. Investigators are trying to find the man behind multiple thieves in winter haven. He hit the circle k on spirit lake road in june. He was ar
Good monday afternoon, everyone, im josh benson. Im stacie schaible. This is first at four. Thanks for joining us. We have a developing story about a gun going off in a crowded park. It is a frightening situation for dozens of people in south tampa a 6yearold found the gun in the mothers diaper bag, took it out and fired a shot. It happened while the park was packed with people yesterday. It is a miracle no one was struck by that bullet becky rhiners friend was in the park when the shot rang out. They were very scared. You dont know where that shot was going to go. It could go into you or me or any other child here. Especially in a crowded park. And it was a sunny afternoon, very loaded with kids and parents. Tampa Police Arrested Ricardo Mendez for storing the gun in tampering for trying to throw the gun in the bay when he found out the police were on the way. A clerk turned the tables on two armed men when they pointed guns at them inside a store. He pulled his own gun killing one of
Admits there is a shortage, adding its not unusual for 100 drivers to be out at once. If you have drivers that are sick or extended leave, then we dont have enough drivers on that day, we have issues. That has an impact on work and on the economy. Just something that this day in age, it really shouldnt happen. Reporter right now theres a need for at least 50 more drivers. Just like, okay, id rather drive her than sit out here wondering is it going to come child. Reporter and the district says it will host several job fairs for bus drivers, already hosting a couple and plans another one next month. As far as the phone calls parents say they are not getting, the district says it what the problem is. And the district has an application posted online if you want to become a bus driver. We have this at abcactionnews. Com. A child abuse case coming to light in pinellas county, enough to break any parents heart. Deputies say a boy was kicked in the chest and had hot soup poured on him because
Over. This is a super fastmoving storm. About two hours ago, it was in tampa and now its moving quickly to the south. And now let me show you where the tornado watch is, all the areas shaded in watch. A watch means the conditions are setting up and there could be tornadoes. We have seen a Tornado Warning south in the fort myers area and over here east but none in our area at this point. And now where the rain is coming down the heaviest, almost all of polk county, lightning strikes to the south, manatee, sarasota county, heavy rain, lightning but not looking at a lot of rotation with this storm. And thats very good news, meaning the threat for tornadoes is slim. Its still there but its slim. Avon park, sebring, strong storms and lightning pushing to the east. Now watch how fast this moves out of here. Heres the line through polk, sarasota, Manatee County at this point. Hour from now, portions of lakeland drying out and manatee drying out. And an hour later, this whole thing is done. Of