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WESH WESH 2 News At 5pm February 24, 2016

Ferren harrell i know what it is to have a loss, so to lose a loved one, who is doing so much good, it is part of the hazard of his job. Adrian we are still learning to get his identification of the 34yearold, killed by a drunk truck at 11 30. Dump truck at 11 30. I4 is shut down, no work when no word when work will resume. Live in maitland, adrian whitsett, wesh 2 news. Angela we are also following breaking news on i4 in volusia county. This is the picture from the d. O. T. Camera. Several cars involved in that crash a little over an hour ago. This is at mile marker 126 in the eastbound lane to the New Smyrna Beach. You can see the crash scene is we have not heard how many people were hurt. Jim breaking near mount people are searching lake eau disappeared. Chris hush joins us live. What have you learned . Most of the search is going on at trimble park in Orange County, but very close to lake county. There is a public boat ramp, and as you look to the left you can see most of that park is closed right now. Due to an emergency , and that is because of this search right now. Chopper 2 was above as Orange County dive teams were conducting the search on Lake Eau Claire where they are looking for a missing voter who was out on the lake at some point today. The call came in around 10 30 this morning, and they had been searching ever since. The lake is around 1100 acres this is all going on in the extreme northwest Orange County, part of Orange County, new the lake county line. Crews will be here through t find the missing boater, they will stay overnight and continue the search tomorrow morning. We will get you details as soon as they come in. Angela it was a rainy stormy day in Central Florida. This video was shot in east Orange County. You can see the rain was heavy, but it moved through quickly. Jim other parts of florida were not so lucky. Check out this footage, taken in bradford county, just north of gainesville. Strong winds knocked down trees and rattling flagposts. The threat appears to have diminished, but some areas could still see a bit of rain. Angela first alert chief meteorologist Tony Mainolfi is keeping an eye on the skies. Tony right now we are watching this front come across Central Florida, so things are rapidly the wind will be a big story, and there will be showers between now and 5 30, 6 00 before things move offshore, and the temperatures will cool down. Gainesville to palm bay, a good set of showers. Still near 80. Front has just come through the s. The big story this afternoon has been the wind. Gusts as high as a 47 miles an hour, top of the hour 35 to 40 miles per hour. We are dropping to 61 of by the time we get to 11 00. Much cooler weather on the way, and frost saturday morning. Angela thank you. It was a violent night in daytona beach. Four people, including three teenage girls, were shot in driveby shootings. Wesh 2 has learned that the violence may have been the result of a longrunning feud. Jim the bullets were fired from a stolen vehicle, at a home on sheridan road. Wesh 2 s claire metz is live from the scene with the latest information. Claire the victims were outside that sheridan road home when they drove by shortly after 11 00 and opened fire. 25yearold man who lives in the home along with two 18yearold women and a 14yearold girl who were visiting. Police are calling it retaliation. I just thank god i m alive. It could have been worse. I could have been dead. Claire this 18yearold woman asked us not to identify her, but showed us her injuries, three Bullet Wounds in one leg, two in the other. Out of the blue, bullets just started flying. Like, we just we didn t really know what to do, it happened so fast. Claire she and some others had stopped by the sheridan road house to deliver food when three men in a stolen vehicle drove by armed with two handguns and an ak47. Police say at least one of those three, 27yearold rakim watson, who is still on the run, opened fire, hitting resident Ronald Williams and the three teenage girls. More than a dozen calls to 911 came in, including one from the with another victim, had driven away to get help, their vehicle bulletridden. I m shot in my arm, and she s shot in both of her legs. I cannot feel nothing. And she s on the ground, the car got shot up. Claire police say the accused shooter, watson is also a suspect in a murder last year. That victim they say was associated with people at the sheridan road house, and the groups have been fighting back and forth since. Police say had witnesses in that deadly shooting been willing to testify against watson back then, he wouldn t be on streets now. Nobody would have got shot, nobody would have lost, nothing would have happened, but people refuse to cooperate and think that thug street justice is the way to proceed. Claire police say rakim watson and another man abandoned the stolen car in South Daytona and took off. A third man, watson s brother ricardo, was arrested, but not in connection to the shootings. Police say it is just amazing that no one was killed in all of this. Expected to recover, two of them already out of the hospital. Angela we are learning new information tonight about that disturbing murder in altamonte springs. A mother is accused of killing her son. That woman is 59yearold virginia arteaga, who is right now being held without bond. A Police Report shows she has been out of work and suffering from depression. It says she thought her son, 29yearold blake howard, wasn t happy. Howard was shot early monday morning, while he showered in his apartment. Arteaga appeared in court today. She allegedly spent more than 24 hours after she shot him, working up the courage to take her own life. Jim wesh 2 news is learning more information about a shooting that left a local sheriff s deputy wounded. Brevard county Deputy Casey Smith was shot last summer, during a prostitution investigation. He recovered, but only after a lengthy hospital stay and rehab. Tonight, the family of the man charged with pulling the trigger, john derossett, is saying they have yet to see the bullet came from his gun. Wesh 2 s dan billow reports. Dan all was confusion and chaos when Brevard County sheriff s agent casey smith was shot last summer. He was one of three agents trying to arrest a woman for prostitution. Investigators say her uncle, john derossett, came out and started firing. He s charged with attempted murder. A newly released report from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement contains an analysis of bullets collected at the scene. At least three sheriff s deputies, along with derossett, fired rounds in the shootout. One of those bullets lodged in deputy smith s bulletproof vest. But the report says analysts could not identify which gun it came from. Part of the reason for that is all four guns the deputies and the suspect s are the same kind, 40caliber glock pistols. We don t know who actually shot casey smith. S attorney did not comment for this story, but has said he s looking into whether the bullets that hit smith came from derossett s gun or the deputies guns. The report could allow him to raise doubt in jurors minds about who fired the vest shot. But the same report quotes the wounded deputy smith. Agent smith observed derossett point the gun at agent smith while he was shooting. Agent smith felt a bullet strike him in the bulletproof vest and another bullet strike him in the abdomen. Dan it s that second bullet that almost killed smith right here in derossett s front yard, and which remains somewhat of a mystery. That bullet is not mentioned in the fdle report and has not been discussed by prosecutors or sheriff s officials. In port st. John, dan billow, wesh 2 news. Angela an Orange County man was carjacked a gunpoint, and the man who did it remains on the run tonight. It happened at the eagle reserves apartments 2 30 a. M. The victim was approached by a man who pulled out a gun, and demanded his car. The carjacker is between 20 to 30yearsold with gold teeth. Parkway, heading toward Orange Blossom trail. Jim u. S. Coast guard hearings on the sinking of the cargo ship el faro continued in jacksonville today, and some new information is being brought to light. An initial report alleges that the captain of el faro called ashore for help, but the coast guard didn t believe the vessel was in danger of sinking. The coast guard apparently prepared a Response Team to help, but had to deal with some software problems. El faro sank in a hurricane october 1 after losing propulsion near the bahamas. All 33 people onboard died. Right now a local woman is hoping to get her wallet back. Police say it was swiped while she was lunching with a friend. Angela as wesh 2 S Dave Mcdaniel explains, police know how it happened and they walked her through the Surveillance Footage that shows the whole thing. Robert pelton right now, you see the suspect reaching in and grabbing that wallet out of the purse. Dave rewind, a purse hanging on a chair at whole foods in altamonte springs. Two guys come in, then a man and a woman with shopping carts. Themselves as lookouts, so this guy can pretend he s putting his arm in the sleeve of his jacket. Instead, he s grabbing joanne s wallet. Joanne it makes me furious. It s a horrible thing, and i wouldn t want it to happen to someone else. Dave she lost credit cards, gift cards, her driver s license, and cash. Robert pelton what you also see is he drops some coins and some currency on the floor which , the other three suspects pick up. Dave and talk about gall. See that wad of cash which fell out of joanne s wallet . One suspect makes a return trip. Robert pelton steps on it, pulls it over so he can bend down and pick it up, and leaves the store. Joanne he was right next to me and all the people who were with me, none of us saw it, none of us, he was so slick. Robert pelton we this isn they ve done this, and probably not the last. Dave cops want you take a good you re carrying valuables, keep any bag in front of you. Joanne has this message for the suspects. Joanne love to meet em, can t hope it doesn else. Dave in seminole county, dave angela we hope they catch those people. Police suggest people leave purses and bags locked in car trunks and only carry a small amount of cash and cards in their front pocket. Jim pretty slick. Coming up, a classic car with mysterious damage. Angela wesh 2 is talking exclusively to the owner, who says his prized delorean was towed from his house to a mechanic and banged up somewhere in between. The problem, no one is fessing up. I got a call saying it was all smashed up. I thought they were teasing me, i said, oh come on, really . Jim plus, Vice President rick scott . Which president ial contender is a possible running mate. Jim now to a wesh 2 news exclusive. A battle over a classic car, a delorean, which had been towed to the shop for some simple repair work. Angela the owner then gets a call saying it has been damaged. Wesh 2 s amanda ober spoke to the local man who owns the car who s now battling over who pays for the repairs. His prized 1981 delorean in pristine condition for over 30 years. Your got to come back with me. Amanda the delorean was made famous as a time travel machine in back to the future. Hooper says his doesn t travel through time, but something very mysterious did happen last fall. Scott hooper i was dumbfounded. Amanda hooper called aaa for a tow and a driver and truck were sent out. He says this home Surveillance Video shows his car being loaded onto a tow truck by that driver who was taking it to the mechanic for simple air conditioning repairs. Scott hooper he loved the car. It was flattering at first. I get used to that. He kept climbing inside and taking pictures of it. Amanda hooper assumed his car was in good hands, but then he got a phone call. Scott hooper once it arrived at the mechanics shop an hour and a half later it s about a 10 , minute drive, i got a call saying the car was all smashed up. I thought they were teasing me. Amanda hooper says these are photos of the damage, a back panel was dented and twisted, the back end of the car pushed out of alignment. Scott hooper it was 10,000 in damage caused from heavy impact to the back and then twisting on the right side. Amanda hooper admits he doesn t know what happened to the car, but he claims this Surveillance Video proves it was in mint condition when it left his home, and now he wants aaa to pony up for the damage. But hooper claims aaa S Insurance Company denied responsibility. A aaa spokeswoman told wesh 2 news, we appreciate you bringing this situation to our attention. We take seriously our commitment to protecting the interest of our members. We are investigating this situation. For now, hooper s own insurance paid for the repairs, but he says sadly his prized possession will never be the same. In Orange County, amanda ober, wesh 2 news. Jim aaa says it hopes to have it s latest investigation of the delorean dilemma complete in a few days and will let us know angela tony is here with us now. The worst of the storm is out, but we are dealing with wind and Colder Weather coming. Tony we had wind gusts of nearly 50 miles an hour. The storms are worse up north. We have had video coming in from down south. Look at these pictures from across Central Florida. In goldenrod you can see ominous skies. This man might have seen a funnel cloud earlier today. Terry, we do appreciate that photo. And travis, with his go pro camera on a highflying instrument, which has been registered, a good shot there. Do appreciate that. Activity down across south florida. Here is a cold front cruising through in the next hour or two, and you can see the radar active to the south of the viewing area. A few showers near northern as we take a look at the rainfall totals today, the big winner is southwest ocala, 1. 53, so clermont 1. 46, and so far in Marion County just over an inch of rain. Spruce creek 40 miles an hour of wind, New Smyrna Beach at the airport, 41 miles an hour wind gusts. On the west, upper 60 s, but on the east side mid to upper 70 s. Wind is a big story tonight especially for the south the falcon ix watch. We may have to postpone it. We will keep you updated. Overnight lows is a big story, significantly cooler. 44 in ocala out the door tomorrow morning at 7 00. Kissimmee, st. Cloud around 50 degrees. I4, longwood to deland, mid 40 s. New titusville, 40 nine, melbourne and palm bay around 50 degrees. Tomorrow afternoon, clear skies, cooler temperatures, and the breeze will still be with us tomorrow afternoon out of the westnorthwest at 15 , 25 miles an hour, making that 60 s feel even cooler. Normal highs it should be in the mid70 s, and the wind blowing around the pollen through the afternoon. After the rain, you get rapid growth especially with the oak and the juniper. That is why pollen will be on the rise. Central florida fair beginning tomorrow, breezy and cool, 65, have a jacket ready to go as temperatures fall into the low 50 s. The developing story will be the very cold air, patchy frost lows for that one coming up at 548 5 48. Angela a Major American Company forced to shell out major bucks in a lawsuit. Jim plus, russia ships 10,000 guns to a country in the middle east. And a power plant collapses. We ll take a look at the damage, and the human toll ahead on wesh 2 news at 5 00. Angela and coming up tonight on wesh 2 news at 6 00, we are continuing our look back at the Casey Anthony trial, which ended five years ago this summer. Tonight we re looking at where some of the case s key players n right now, all youre thinking about is finding quick cover, so you can continue streaming your favorite show in the great outdoors. And you dont need a dead zone further interrupting your otherwise perfect afternoon. Echo from bright house networks. Eliminates dead zones, so you can stream confidently all around your home. And now connect to. Standard tv and 50 megabit lightning internet. Only 94 a month angela take a look at this video. This is all that remains of a home in port orchard, washington. Crews do not know if anyone was home during the blast. As of now, the homeowners are unaccounted for. People who live nearby say the explosion was so big it could be heard from several hundred yards away. The cause of the explosion is under investigation. Pharmaceutical Company Johnson and johnson has been ordered to pay 72 million to the family of an alabama woman whose death was linked to baby powder. The woman s family claims she got Ovarian Cancer from using the talcbased powder for more they sued johnson and johnson, and the jury agreed, awarding them that money. The company is facing similar lawsuits, claiming it didn t warn consumers that the product could cause cancer. Jim today, afghanistan receives a large gift from russia. These boxes are filled with 10,000 assault riffles and millions of rounds of ammunition. The Russian Ambassador to afghanistan said russia was willing to work with afghanistan to combat insurgency and drug problems. Leaders say the guns and ammo were provided under an existing Security Agreement between the two countries. Search efforts are underway for three workers after a british power plant collapsed. Officials have been searching through a 30foot mound or rubble for those workers. One person is confirmed dead, and five others are now in the hospital. The old coal and fueloil plant has been closed since 2013 and is slated for demolition. The plant collapsed while a demolition contractor was at work. Angela tonight loved ones are distraught after learning wreckage of a small plane with 21 people on board has been several bodies have been found, and authorities fear that all 18 passengers and three crew members who were

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