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WSVN Channel 7 News At Noon February 26, 2016

Area is unsafe. Right now, it is a hurry up and waitituation with hopes that the main repair equipmenthat they need will get here soon. Were anticipating it will be open before rush hour. Theyre basically saying they haveo get the equipment in here, fix the roadway and once we get the okay from the engineer that the roadway is safe, we will be happy to open the roadway. Reporter as as of now, the troopers are not telling us how this happened, how this thing came undone from this lane here thats being called a bridge joint. Last night is when the reports first started coming in. There were f ur cars damaged. Flat rims, flat tires. This is why this road has been shut down because of the b bdge joint over here coming undone. If you have to get to the so once again, it is a hurry up and wait situation. Theyre waiting for that essential equipment to come in. You heard from the trooper there theyre hoping they can get there here in time to reopen the roadways at 4 oclock. For now, we are live in miami, elitsa bizios, 7 news. And our Team Coverage continues with a look from above helping drivers get around it. Christine 7s Ralph Rayburn is above the scene to help get around it. Traffic reporter and you know whis road is one that of many that funnels peoplento the port of miami. 836 meets395. That is thisser is ya hereful instead of coming eastbound on 395, they have to go i95 northbound or southbound. You can see the traffic backup we estimatee is about a mile if your going to be using 836 to try and get to 395, you can go north on i95 to the tuttle causeway, thats 195 and then over to the beach. You can go southbound or get off at north miami avenue exit or biscayne boulevard exit if you have business in downtown or brickle area. Thats the story fromm skyforce hd, im Ralph Rayburn reporting live. Now at noon, police arresting another teen in connection with the shooting death of a xyearold boy. Three teens now behind bars following the child tragedy. Christine the details of the case and the victims in the community, they say theyve had enough. Omar lewis is live with more. Omar good afternoon. The police tell us that the third suspect in the killing of king carter is just 16 years old himself. They have arrested him and booked him into jail. Warning saying an arrest doesnt take away the pain. Miamidade police say theyve gotten a full confession from 16yearold tamar, a third teen arrested for the murder of king carter. The innocent sixyearold ultimadely lost his life over a feud that started on facebook, a dispute detectives tell us involved 18yearold Leonard Adams and 17yearold Erwin Presley and 16yearold tamar t. Three owe fighting against someone named juju. They decided to take the dispute from online to on the street, showing up looking for him at this apartment complex on northwest 12th avenue and 103rd street. Thats when investigators say a shootout between juju and the trio began. You see kids out here and still shot. Middle of it all, king carter shot walking to store to buy candy. Reporter the spot he was killed is marked with teddy bears and balloons and notes of love. Seeing him on the ground is something he cant get out of his head. Im scarred. Some sometimes, since that happen, i dont really sleep. I may go to sleep and wake back up. Sometimes i just sit outside. Reporter the news of another arrest comes days after those who knew king carter gathered to mourn and march. A baby, a baby. My baby was six. Like a sword that wont ever heal, like a sore. Its painfnf. Reporter now face charges for attempted murder and seconddegree murder as the focus turns to fighting juju. Anybody elsls who have something to do with this, turn if you dont, god will deal with you. Karma comes q qckly nowadays. Reporter and police are looking for a black 1999 lexus g 6300 f. Youave any information about either of those whereabouts, pick up the phone and call Crime Stoppers 30547tips. Were told that the tamar will appear in juvenile court. Theyre planning kings funeral tomorrow and will have a viewing later tonight. This happened in northwest miamidade, omar lewis, 7 news. A man behind bars accused of shooting a teen ager. Gilbert taken into custody. He is charged with murder for the shooting of gordon. He was shot in the knee o 75th street wednesday evening. He was taken to jmh where he continues to recover. Person who shot david theame night just blocks away. They are have not confirm t t the the shootings are connected. If you have any information out that case, the number to call is 305471tips. Alsoin the news today, a traffic stop trouble here for a miami Police Officer. Someone inside a car opening fire and 7s alex de armas is live in miami where four men were taken into custody. Reporter well its been miami. A Police Officer was shot at several times. Now four people are in custody. Gunshots ring out early friday morning in this miami neighborhood. The target ark city of miami Police Officer. Its a crazy world. And sleep and be awakened by gunshots. Reporter surveyillance video capturing the moment this driver stops. The officer follows. Hen i woke up, my heart was beaten and i was pretty afraid. I was thinking what is happening out there and was that directed to us, Something Else . Reporter that as off was not shot. He never fired his gun. It was a a chaotic situation. Reporter it started when the officir tried making a traffic stop here an 4th avenue. There are four subjects in the vehicle. One exits the vehicle and shoots at the officers several times. We dont know why this violent action, its something tha has us very worried. Bam, bam, bam and heard the cop cars and look out the window and saw t t cops chasing somebody. Reporter the car took off and stoed at lejeune road Near Northwest 9th street. Thats where you can see a blown out window and bullet holes in this car. Heres video of the four suspects, two men and two women as theyre handcuffed and in custody. Werent hurt. No, no, thank god. All my kids and family safe. Reporter again, that afternoon. We are still waiting to get the names of those four people in custody. Theyre facing several charges. Reporting live in the city of miami, im alex de armas, 7 news. South florida getting another taste of winter with temperatures down in the 50s and could get colder by the weekend. Diana and live look outside our North Bay Village studio where is we will be feeling the 40s. Christine meteorologist Karlene Chavis is in the weather sen twer the details. Karlene thats rite. We are looking at a cool saturday. It will be the coldest day in your 7 on 7 forecast. Inland areas in the upper 40s as well as low 50s right around the coastal areas. Were going to slowly warm up as weekend next week. Taking a look at temperatures, pretty consistent at 69 degrees, Fort Lauderdale also and key west 68 degrees in west kendall. Taking a look at the Storm Tracker radar, it has been dry. It has been mostly clear. It is beautiful as we go into the friday forecast. Pretty nice out there. As we woke up, we are talking about temperatures in the 50s across the board, 56 degree this is morning, miami, 54 in Fort Lauderdale, 60s in the keys. Days. Were going to stay on the cool side this weekend and once again in the low 50s, upper 40s for first thing tomorrow morning, inland areas and then were going to slowly start to warm up as we go into the week ahead. What about the daytime hiems . 80s are right around the corner. I will let you know when coming up. Also on 7, police identifying the killer who went on a rampage inside a company in kansas. Now were learning more about including convictions right here in south florida. 7s ashley jones is live at the news desk to fill us in. Ashley police in kansas say four people including the shooter killed, 14 others injured. And turns out police in miamidade and broward counties are no stranger to him. The sheriff identifying the gunman as cedric ford, a 38yearold plant worker who had several convictions in florida over the last decade. They included burglary, grand theft, fleeing from an officer, aggravated fleeing, carrying a concealed weapon all from broward and miamidade counties. Local media in kansas reporting his Facebook Page says hes originally from miami. Mr. Ford residing in newton, kansas, had been served pfa, protection order at 3 30 that afternoon. 3 30 gets served, 5 oclock we reporter an a series of attacks in the small town, the crime scene scattered over several areas. One crime scene the plant where the shooter worked. We heard a pop, pop an thought it was metal falling on the ground. Doors open people screaming saying go to the front and everybody turned around saying no hes out front so they started going right over here. We have 14 people in various hospitals newson medical center, wesley and st. Francis. They range from stable to critical and one going into surgery as we speak. Repter heston is about 35 miles north of wichita and community of about 3700 residents. On thursday, it was the scene of a Law Enforcement presence as exell plant. Employees who made it out alive are in disbelief of what p happened. Our hearts go out to our employees and families who are enduring this tragedy. Repter and investigators say ford did not appear to be targeting specific individuals. He was instead shooting at random. In the plex, ashley jones, 7 news. A t coast guard rescued ree men sailing from turks and cay kos hen their catamaran began taking on water. They were rescued miles north of the Dominican Republic and transferred to puerto rico in good health. President obama putting his trip to florida on his agenda today. Hes visit ing an advanced battery plant in jacksonville. The stimulus package. He signed the plan shortly after taking office. It was aimed to help recover from the 2008 recession. And new polls show where the democrats stand heading into their florida faceoff. Diana according to university, Hillary Clinton holds a lead over Bernie Sanders. The former secretary of state has 59 percent support, the senanar 33. Majority. Of women support clinton and majority of young voters are backing sanders. Christine and now to the rest of the debate, the latest facing off. Joel has the latest. Reporter with super tuesday four days away the tension among the candidates was palable during the campaign of the season. Fiveve times four weeks ago. Reporter marco rubio trailing donald tru by double digits tussles over everything. The appealing of obamacare bringing the two to crescendo. He says five things. Reporter ted cruz finished third in the last three contests and leads in texas also piled on trump about his unwillingness to release tax returns before trump fired back this guy is an a joke artist and liar. Reporter whats become a typical response from an a typical person. Theyre rushing to camp up with trump. Reporter ben carson going mostly unnoticed pleading to get can someone attack me please . Reporter Bernie Sanders hitting Hillary Clinton hard. I have not given speeches to wall street for hundreds of thousands. Christine and if you havent done so yet, now is the time to download the voice your choice app. And ordering enforcement of a law requiring women to wait 24 hours before terminating pregnancy. Did not have enough facts or evidence and victims of rape, incest or human trafficking, but opponents say it is a womans and needed, a ittle boy meeting his hero in the lowe down. And annual awards dinner taking place in south florida. 7 news there to take home a big prize. And we have an event for you on this weekend. On sunday, we have tour de broward taking place at miramar regional park. Were talking 7 a a. To 1 p. M. Mother nature is cooperating. We will be on the cool side but no rain chances going into your sunday forecast and high of 74. Up. Parts of 395 shut down and causing big problems this noon. Diana and could affect everyone headed to the beach for a big event. Ralph rayburn to tell us more. Traffic reporter keeping an eye on things for you, the constructi crew thats working here continues to pour cement and do repairs to this joint. It is part of the 395 overpass to goes over to miami beach. The people being affected, the drivers being affected are those that use the 836 expressway coming from the west to east. Thats this roadway here, goes over the river there. You can see the traraic backup eabound. That is the only lane, the only two lanes blocked by florida Highway Patrol as you come get over to south beach food and Wine Festival that all of the events that start at 1 oclock, you can still use i95 coming southbound or going northbound. But youll avoid this area because 395 is open in that area. On the 836 expressway, youre not going to be able to do that. You have to go north on i95 or south on i95 and fd an exit. Theyre suggesting that you use the tuttle, the julia tuttle or the jfk causeway right near channel , you can get over to the beach. Florida department of transportation, folks say they expect these repairs to be done very close to rush hour this afternoon. Of course, we will be back up checking out that situation for yoyo thats our story from skyforce hd, im Ralph Rayburn reporting live. It was a dream come true for a fiveyearold boy meeting the diana roshh lowe shows us how he was left with a gift and h is saj he will never forget. Its todaysowe down. Reporter Shawn Kennedy is five years old and in fight for his life. He has a brain cancer, a very, very rare form of pediatric braim cancer. And hes inor a big fight becausus it is inoperable. Repepter shawn has always had a dream to meet his hero, stefan curry of the golden state warriors. That dream came true. He wanted to meet him, spend time with him and joke around, hang out with him is unfathomable. Reporter this wasnt just a momentary meeting. They sat with him. Hung out with him for at reporter this is the man responsible for the onceinalifetime meeting, mike, a friend of the warrior head coach. Stef and all the guys were just tremendous. Reporter he gave more than his time to shawn. He gave him game shoes and signed them. Whoa, stefs shoes, shawn. Look at that. What is that my name. Who gavav you these . Stef curry. Reporter he said one day he would meet the super stars kids and had another message. Keep being brave. Keep being brave because youre a brave little boy. Reporter we met up withfamily as they were departing about to go home. Because one act of kindness is go so far. New york. He leaves with those ses and message and memories of the game when curry hit a big 3 to seal the victory for the warriors against the heat. And curry hits a big shot, he points to the heavens. And so does shawn. Do that again, shawn. Do that again. What does stef do . Were going to include this little boy in prayers. Action. And student pulled from a fine out how old he really is. The seminole boat parade held their annual awards party. Winners for different categories during the parade. Tonight is a huge celebration for all of those that put in extra effort. We have boaters new this year that maybe didnt win but theyre ihvited to see what it takes to be a winner and hopefullll they will win next year. We have all of our corp. Pratt sponsors. It takes a village. Were able to celebrate everybody that hemmed us and werr so grateful. President bob was there. Good afternoon, south florida. This afternoon were still on the dry side. We can anticipate that going into the weekend. Its going to be gorgeous out there. Mostly quiet conditions. Radar quiet and temperatures in the 60s. 68 in bimini and 69 degrees in Fort Lauderdale, 69 in key west. The wind speeds are picking up. They calmed down a little bit in key west under 10 miles an hour and marathon and miami, biminis at 15, 9 in Fort Lauderdale, the gusts picking up aswell. 18 Miles Per Hour with current wind b gusts in miami and into the 20s for bimini and naples and 16 currentedly in key west. We have dry air in place right behind a resent front that front soggy conditions. Things start to clear out nicely and we will keep that trend going. Right behind the front, cooler we will see plenty of sunshine. Those temperatures will be on the cool side as we go into t t weekend for tomorrow morning. First thing tomorrow morning we will have overni lows over the inland areas, 50s along the coast an daytime highs in the 70s. Were going to warm up with the wind shifts more out of the northeast an east next week and that will bring the return of the 80s as soon as tuesday. So going into today, there is a moderate risk of rip currents at the local beach, boaters use cautioio biscayne bay at a moderate chop. Also small crafted a sizery is in place for the keys, waters are roughing up a little bit more as they are chop by the coastal wers and winds north between 10 to 20 knotsful next high tide i i miami will be actually has passed. The low tide will be at 4 37 this afternoon an ten for the low tide for key west will be at 5 58his afternoon. Going into later on, daytime part, upper 60s for the keys, overnight lows in the 50s and inland areas inhe 40s. Your 7 on 7 forecast has gradual warmup for tuesday and wednesday. A trip to paradise sling into troubled waters. As 7s Lynn Martinez report, some passengers are accusing Royal Caribbean of negligence in a classaction lawsuit. Reporter passengers taking action against Royal Caribbean. More than 4500 passengers aboard anthem of the seas when it sails into storms earlier this month. Some accusing theompany of t literally putting their lives in danger. What weve come to learn and know publicly that they knowingly and intentionally sailed into essentially a hurricane. They did that know inging they were putting 45,000 peoples leaves at risk. The suit claims that the company was only thinking abo money. Concurrent with the leaving t noaa said there would be going to be hurricaneforce winds. The cise left pause thats how they make their money. Some of the Collateral Damage from the storm. They tried to keep the water out, squis

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