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WFTV Eyewitness News Noon March 21, 2016

Friends and family gathered outside of the home of destiny bargman for a Prayer Service as they mourn the loss of a 15 Year Old High School student. We have been following the story since she was shot and killed at the home saturday. According to apopka police, the joint Homicide Investigation team now working the case told us the 16 year old arrested in connection to her death has been charged with Second Degree murder and has also again been identified as queshawn macys. Investigators said a group of teens were behind the home and macys and others were shooting in the backyardment at some point detectives believe the teens went into a bedroom and continued playing with that gun when bargman was shot. I spoke to the best friend of the victim yesterday who told me she was in the living room when she heard that shot fired. I ran to the room and he was running out of the room and i said what happened and he said i dont know, destiny just got shot. And right now we are looking were also looking into how that teen was able to get a hold of that gun and who ultimately it belongs to. As we gather that information well have it on eye witness news at 4 00. For now in apopka, roy ramos, channel 9. You probably notice winter is back in central florida. Temperatures will dip down into the 30s and 40s overnight even though its technically spring. Meteorologist marina is tracking the latest from Severe Weather center 9. Marty i dont think Mother Nature got the memo. We did kickoff spring yesterday but we are back in winter for sure as we head into the day today and tomorrow. Live look at daytona, of course spring breakers are probably wondering where is all of the florida heat . Well its not around today or tomorrow. Very blustery as well which is causing huge issues along the coastline which i will break down in just a minute but were in the mid to upper 50s and we arent warming up too much more about 10 degrees and thats it as we head into the afternoon. 56 in orlando, 550 call a as 58 in melbourne so over the last 24 hours weve seen up to a 20degree temperature drop and you well every bit of those 20 degrees but not only because of the fact that the temperatures are cooler. It is windy. We are seeing winds out of the northwest at 1525 Miles Per Hour so of course that makes temperatures feel five to eight degrees cooler than they actually are so yes, definitely jacket weather. Youre going to want to grab your jacket for sure because our coolest temperatures havent even gotten into our area yet. That will come tonight. We have a red flag warning from 10 00 a. M. To 7 00 p. M. Heightened fire risk as we head into the day today and we also have a lake wind advisory for the day and temperatures will as i mentioned be in the low to mid 60s as we move into the afternoon. We have a Small Craft Advisory well be looking at rough inter coastal conditions very high risk for rip currents both today and tomorrow so if youre heading to the coast, make sure you heed all the warnings out there because it is dangerous with the rip current threat right now. Marty . All right marina and you wftv. Com weather. Daytona beach police are looking for a man they say his car. Police just released this sketch of the man the girl was walking in the 1200 block of hillcrest drive friday night when the man driving a blue jaguar approached her. He ask her repeatedly to come closer and made threats and when the girl screamed the man drove away. The westbound lanes of i4 in deland are back open this afternoon after a postal truck spilled fuel on the road. This happened about 5 00 this morning near mile marker 121. State troopers say the postal truck was trying to avoid a tire in the road when it swerved and jackknifed. Thats when fuel from the truck spilled out on to the road. The postal driver sustained minor injuries. Were staying in touch with firefighters in Orange County to find out what sparked a large brush fire this morning. Take a look at this blaze. Firefighters say this started as a grass fire around 6 30 at pine woods road. Theres no word yet this fire caused any damage or if anybody was hurt. We have a better idea this afternoon about how the city of Altamonte Springs is teaming up sharing. The mayor unveiled a feature give you a discount. Channel 9 is live in Altamonte Springs now this is all meant to get more people to ride sun rail. Reporter thats one of the reasons that city leaders say they did help launch that Pilot Program for this next year and right here if you get a ride to or from the sun rail station as of today, youll get a 25 discount if that ride stays within city limits. City leaders did hold that official launch at the station this morning and they have budgeted 500,000 to give riders that sun rail discount i mentioned and a 20 discount if your uber ride starts and ends in the city for any other case. One requesting a right in Altamonte Springs youd ender that word in the promo code box and get that price cut and city this will get more people to use the sun rail station. It gives you the opportunity to make the choice when you want to go, where you want to go how you want to go and that level of convenience is necessary for sun rail to succeed long term. And this is just a Pilot Program at this point for one year. After that the city manager will put out requests for other Transportation Solutions and then they will decide what they would like to do long term. For tonight at 6 00 were working to find out where that money is coming from and talking to people in the area to find out if they think they will end up using the service, for now reporting live in Altamonte Springs, channel 9 eye witness news. We have a description of the vehicle troopers say hit and killed a man. The crash happened last night near the intersection of courtney parkway and alma boulevard in Brevard County. A dark colored 19952003 chevy s10 pick up truck hit 54 year old steven terry. Troopers say terry had fallen off his bike and was hit by the the truck is believed to have front end damage. Drivers are now free to use the westbound ramp on to i4 inmate land. We warned you about the closure over the weekend but now the ramp is back up and running all part of the i4 ultimate project supposed to reopen at 6 00 this morning but crews were removing cones early before 5 00 a. M. There was a historic handshake in cuba just within the past hour. President obama is meeting with cuban president castro during his visit to the communist nation. The first via u. S. President in nearly 90 years. Abc Marcie Gonzalez is in havana now with the latest. Reporter a historic first full day in havana, president Obama Meeting with cuban president castro today a first step in working past the decades old bitter divide between the u. S. And this communist nation. President obama sharing his optimism in this abc news exclusive interview. The time is right. Change is going to happen here the first family welcomed yesterday by cheering crowds hopeful this marks a turning point. Here where the 11 million residents make an average of just 20 a month and while the trade embargo still exists american businesses are starting to take advantages of newly relaxed restrictions. Cuba has significant potential for travelers around the world. But opponents criticize the president s actions here. Pointing to the ongoing rest in cuba. President obama is vowing to take a strong stance. Although we still have significant differences around human rights and individual liberties inside of cuba, we felt that coming now would more change. He will meet with some of televised speech here but first this historic meeting between two president s many thought they would never see standing side by side here. Marcie gonzalez, abc news, the man accused of killing a man at an adult nightclub any time soon. Lewis cintron is being held with no bond at the Orange County jail accused of shooting and killing carlos cruz at the morning. They say it started out as a fight in the parking lot. Two other people were hurt. In the next hour the driver accused in a fatal hit and run will face a judge. We told you about the crash at the corner of Colonial Drive and peach tree road in orlando earlier this month. Edward alvarez sped away from state troopers and crashed into Charles Mcmurray killing him. Alvarez then drove off and later a band and his car. Yesterday an anonymous tip lead troopers to him for the arrest the Donald Trump Campaign is taking steps to prevent violence at his campaign rally. And you probably couldnt help but notice the price of your commute is on the rise. Whats behind a sudden increase in prices at the pump . And that cold front has left us much cooler but we have our coolest temperatures yet coming up tonight. Im tracking how cold youre hi, guys spring is almost here and you know what that means easter is hopping along. So, if youre looking to stretch your dollar this easter holiday, just look at these savings at your local walmart. Orlando, in headtohead shopping, the total amount saved at walmart vs. Winndixie was 18. 08. Thats 13 on this weeks easter basket. Why shop anywhere else . Fill your basket with walmarts every day low prices and get big savings. Start shopping with walmarts every day low prices today. Your afternoon commute will cost you more gas prices are on the rise according to triple a, florida gas prices have increased about 0. 29 in the last 20 days. Channel 9 Angela Jacobs has more on whats behind the price hike. Reporter one gas station manager told us the call came in during rush hour last week to bump that price up 0. 20 and forecasters say it could go up 30 to 50 by memorial day weekend. Its all about supply and demand and triple a points to an increased need and reduced supplies for forcing this jump. Historically 2 3 of the price of gas is typically influenced by the price of crude oil, so the fact that oil prices have gone up 28 the past month explains whats happening here. It also made it more expensive for gas stations to buy gas. Last week the wholesale price for a gallon of regular unleaded was 20 higher compared to the week before. When its more expensive for retailers its more expensive theyve noticed. Yeah, my car used to take like 25 and now its taking like 30 and ive just got a little honda so thats a lot of gas. In the latest triple a stats we checked this is the highest average weekly price for a barrel of oil since the first week of december. Angela jacobs channel 9 eye witness news. South korean officials believe north korea has continued its weapons launch. South korea military is trying to determine if five projections fired from north korea were short range missles. The launches come three days hurts her political career. The new map stretches across parts of north florida which is republican and drawn after the original senate map unconstitutional. The hearing is set for friday and the Congress Woman is asking for financial help to fight her federal court battle. Last week 9 investigates discovered this letter on her Campaign Website asking fordonations from 25 to 2600. The Cape Canaveral air force station are getting ready for a rocket launch. Tomorrow a rocket will blast after as part of a resupply mission to the International Space station. The cigna spacecraft has been loaded and is carrying almost 8,000 pounds of supplies and experiments. If you were lucky you may have seen two comets today. These two white dots on the screen are interplanetary twins that means the smaller comet on the right might have broken off by the bigger one on the left. There will be about 2 million miles away which makes it the third closest flyby in history. Police are the Florida Department of business and suing over bat feces in the workplace. The three employees say they became sick because of the work conditions that have filed a lawsuit against the owner of the building where they work. This lawsuit comes one week after inspectors found 10 pounds of bat feces in the building. Just a few hours, tech fans will hear about apples latest products. The tech giant will hold a spring News Conference this afternoon. Insiders say apple will debut a smaller version of the iphone as well as smaller version of the ipad pro. Now this is a step from the recent trends to make screens on electronics larger. I leak smaller. You like smaller . I do. I like everything compact so that i can put it in a little clutch. There you go. Stay tuned for this afternoon. Stay tuned. Last week we were talking about the summer temperatures i know. Now we have opposite. I mean Mother Nature cant make her mind up. She wants to go all over the place but if you look cooler weather please enjoy it because it is not going to last very long. Heat and humidity back in full force, so we really want to enjoy this treat because its probably the last time that were going to get this cold. Downtown orlando looks deceptively beautiful and warm with that sunshine but it is chilly. 56 degrees right now with a northwesterly wind that really cuts 15 Miles Per Hour to 25 Miles Per Hour all across our area of course making it feel about 510 degrees cooler than it is. A few clouds lingering in our southern counties but well be Crystal Clear by tonight and have a beautiful sunny day tomorrow so High Pressure is in control and it is over to our west so because of that were getting a very brisk northwesterly wind that keeps us quite chilly as we head into the rest of the day today and tomorrow. But once that High Pressure pops over towards the atlantic that allows for as you all know a southerly flow bringing that warm tropical moist air up into our neck of the woods so by wednesday we start to heat up quickly so weve got about 48 hours here of the unseasonable cool weather. We are allin the mid 50s right wind speeds are out of the north northwest anywhere from 1020 Miles Per Hour and like i said we can easily gust to 25 30 especially along the coat as we head into the afternoon. Highs are going to be in the mid to low 60s and it will be a chilly day overall but were going to start to rebound 10 degrees warmer by tomorrow and then another 10 degrees by wednesday, so its a nice quick turnaround if you do like the warmer weather so mostly sunny much cooler tonight. It will be our coldest night of the week and coldest night weve seen in six weeks with 30s and 40s. Lots of sunshine tomorrow though and a milder high as we return to the 70s. Future track 9 showing clouds that will start to push along the coastline as we head into the afternoon and evening but otherwise, we are Crystal Clear as we head towards the i4 corridor and tomorrow. Everyone, will see plenty of that sunshine so our average high is 79 degrees ive had a lot of you ask me that on facebook and we arent getting anywhere near that the next couple days, however by wednesday, were just a touch see 87 degrees by the end of the week next week, but we are also tracking our rain chances increasing as we head toward easter weekend as well. In Orange County today it looks lovely 64 in apopka, around metro west, heading over to the east side, Waterford Lakes about 63 degrees, 64 winter park and 65 in bislow, and a chilly night. 39 in ocala, 41 the villages, 42 deland, 45 orlando and 49 melbourne so it is a coat morning for sure on your tuesday. Five day forecast with your weekend always in view the good news is you can shed the coat tuesday afternoon as we warm up to 74, 80s return by wednesday and i know your attention is drawn to our rain chances they are increasing as we are heading into easter weekend and i know we have a lot of Outdoor Activities for saturday and sunday so well keep a very close eye monitoring those Storm Chances as we head into the next couple of days. Marina there are new warnings this afternoon about fire on board an airplane. The major damage the small fire could have done and what this teenage pilot did that has a father and his son tried to save their neighbor from a fire at an Orange County home too intense. Out alive. Steven fox and his son grabbed a garden hose and tried to put out the flame at the house yesterday. Another neighbor says he saw the fire breakthrough the windows. The victim had mobility issues and may not have been able to get out of the house once the fire spread. The rest of the house was smoking but that corner was, it was in flames. Investigators have not yet released the victims name. Sea world now says the whale is doing better. We reported earlier this month the orca became sick from an infection and trainers have been keeping a close eye on him. Them and is eating well now. Blood work also improved. He has been with sea world for more than two decades. He is responsible for the death 2010. We now know the name of the victim who was shot and killed the weekend. Police say 31 year old joshua bell was shot near a playground apartment complex. He later died at the hospital. Crime line is now offering a the shooter. A driver is recovering this afternoon after a truck overturned into swampy water in clairmont. It happened on county road 561 now from this picture you can see how high the water filled the vehicles cabin. Crash. People nearby helped pull the driver out of the truck before it sank into the water. Drivers in Seminole County have to find another way around cranes root park in Altamonte Springs

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