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WTVT Good Day Tampa Bay 4AM February 22, 2016

3 3 3 3 a news alert right now out of Hillsborough County. Were wrong way, on i4. It happened right next to the 3 ybor city exit. This is footage of the car pulled over on the side of the interstate, just a few minutes ago. It doesnt sound like any cars were hit. And no word on the drivers identity. We hear police gave the driver a ticket. More on this story, throughout the morning. 3 3 new this morning one man is dead. After a robbery at a liquor store. And this time, police say it was the clerk who fired back. 3 it happened just before 11 last night at the cut rate liquor store in tampa. Thats in the 33 hundred block of north 15th street. Police got a call about gunshots. And found a man lying dead outside the store. The clerk inside says two men came into the store with guns, and a shootout soon followed. The clerk was not hurt in the exchange, and its still not clear what happened to the second gunman. Police are still working the scene. Fox 13s Shayla Reaves is also heading out there. Shell bring us a live update on the case, in our next half hour. 3 Hillsborough County deputies are searching for a outside a hookah bar. And they just identified the person who died. They say 29 year old manuel ortiz was shot to death at the smokin bull bar , early saturday morning. Investigators say a gunman opened fire on a crowd of people. Killing ortiz and wounding three others. Detectives are still searching for the shooter. 3 a man and a teenager are recovering from a shooting that happened at a hotel filled with visitors from out of town. 3 around 1230 am, police were called out to the Holiday Inn Express on 54th avenue north. There had been an argument at a birthday party. When officers arrived, they found 19yearold Octavius Brown and 17yearold Demetrius Crawford with bullet wounds. Brown was taken to the Bayfront Medical Center in crawford was treated at all of this was going on, several gymnastics teams visiting st. Pete from out of the country were trying to sleep. They heard the noises. But thought it was just a loud party, until police started knocking on all the doors. Police are now working to arrest the shooter. 3 a big change today for drive to franklin street. Is becoming a two way street. It was previously only one way. No specific time was given for when the change will start. So just plan ahead for your morning commute. And of course vanessa will have much more on this later this hour, and throughout the morning, right here on goodday. 3 and in Sarasota County some big traffic troubles on i75. Could be clearing up. The southbound lanes were shut down most of sunday. After a tanker crash. It happened around five oclock this morning, near mile marker 178 because of fuel leak traffic was detoured all day. South to us 41 and through north port. At last check, troopers have now reopened at least one southbound lane. Possibly all of them. But still use caution in that area. 3 3 a young tampa woman is fighting for her life today. Down in colombia. And her family is just trying to get her home. 3 the family of Schuyler Arakawa says she was swimming on an excursion. When a very large rock fell on her head, causing severe trauma. Schuyler has already undergone several surgeries. But she needs to be airlifted back to the family is trying to raise money to pay for that medical flight. They say the cost is about 200 thousand dollars. You can find more information on how you can help. On our website, fox13 news dot com. 3 by now youve heard all the coughing, and the sneezing. Flu season is definitely here doctors say were actually in the peak of the season right now. 3 and this year. The flu is actually hitting more young and middle aged adults. As fox 13s kellie cowan tells us. Its also sending a lot of pregnant women to intensive care units, at bay area hospitals. 3 influenza is on the rise in the bay area, the latest data shows increasing cases across the state. With Hillsborough County reporting the highest number of outbreaks. Many local pharmacies say theyre having a hard time keeping medications like tamiflu, a treatment for the flu, in stock. And most patients are testing positive for h1n1, the flu strain, also known as swine flu, that became a world wide pandemic in 2009 runs oc 36 02this particular strain of h1n1 seems to be more serious in terms of its resperatory affects than other strains circulating and its hitting a suprising part of the population hardruns oc 41 02severe flu has been reported in the younger and middle aged patients. Doctor catherine lynch, medical director of obstetrics at tampa general hospital, says shes also seen an alarming increase of influenza cases among pregnant patientsruns oc 34 25pregnant women can become severely affected by the flu. We currently have several women in the hospital, virus can cause expecting moms to go into labor early and can sometimes prove deadly for both mom and baby. According to the state, the flu has already claimed the lives of three Florida Children this season newborns cannot be vaccinated against the flu during their first 6 months of life, thats why, according to doctor lynch, its important for everyone to get a flu shot runs oc 40 14they need to get the vaccine to help those who are vulnerable and cant perhaps get the vaccine or havent had a chance yet to get vaccinatedin tampa, kellie cowan, fox 13 news 3 the flu vaccine takes about 2 weeks before it becomes effective but doctors stress that if you havent gotten yours yet, to get a flu shot now. 3 today in Highlands County a middle school meeting. About sexting. The principal at lake placid middle was prompted to set up the meeting. After several recent sexting incidents involving his students. The pricipal has already held three assemblies to talk about the issue with students. And tonight, parents are invited to come out to talk about the issue. It starts at 630 at the First Presbyterian church. more 3 the lake placid principal says at least ten students have been caught sexting. Both boys and girls. The Highlands County Sheriffs Office is looking into the cases, to see if any criminal charges will be 3 if youre looking for a hotel with a gulf view. You have a great new choice today. Clearwater beachs newest resort is having its grand opening. Its called the opal sands. It has 15 stories. Along with 230 guest rooms and suites. The building was designed to try and give every room. A waterfront view. That view will cost you though. Rooms start at around three hundred dollars a night. And the suites can run you a few thousand dollars. Those come with huge private balconies and jacuzzis. 3 and i think we know a few thousand runners who would have loved to spend time in one of those jacuzzis yesterday. The 39th annualgasparilla distance classic wrapped up on sunday in downtown tampa. It ended with an 8k run. And a Half Marathon. And found out the finish line for that Half Marathon was quite the family affair. Brian atkinson finished second overall in about an hour and seven minutes. And about finish line, winning the womens title brian was hoping for a first place bh have 3 3 developing in michigan this morning an uber driver on a deadly rampage. Up next what makes the shootings even more shocking. 3 plus taking sides. In a security standoff. The victims of the San Bernardino attack, are now speaking out. But are they supporting apple. Or the government . The answer, after the break. 3 3 3 3 3 break 1 2 00break 2 1 45 break 3 1 40endbrk 1 30 ba da ba ba ba 3 across america an uber driver. Accused of a deadly shooting spree. Is heading to court. Hes expected to be formally charged for the murders of at least six people in kalamazoo, michigan. And the scariest part all the attacks appear to be completely random. 3 it all happened over a seven hour period on saturday. Police say jason dalton chose his victims at random, from three different locations an apartment complex, a car dealership, and a Cracker Barrel restaurant. The victims include a father and his teenage son, and four people outside that restaurant. Another two people were also shot. But survived the attacks. Dalton was arrested on sunday. Background check. And investigators say he even picked up at least one customer. During that shooting spree. 3 today in massachusetts bill cosbys wife is still scheduled to give a deposition today. About her husbands Sexual Assault allegations. Cosbys lawyers have been fighting to keep Camille Cosby from giving that testimony. They even filed a last minute motion to delay the testimony on sunday. But a judge denied that appeal last night. Seven women are suing bill cosby in massachusetts, claiming he defamed them. By denying the allegations. 3 an update on the privacy battle between apple and the federal government. The feds are now getting some critical support. Several victims from the San Bernardino shooting support the governments request. To force apple to unlock one of the terrorists phones. Apple has so far refused. Saying if they hack this phone, it would leave all other iphones vulnerable to hacking. The attack victims say they have a right to know why and how. That attack happened. And they think the phone. Could be 3 crews are cleaning up this morning after a deadly cyclone tore through fiji. 18 people were killed in the storm saturday night. Cyclone winston destroyed hundreds of homes. Knocked out power. And caused widespread flooding. About 6thousand people are staying in emergency shelters. The recordbreaking cateory 5 storm sustained winds of 184 milesperhour. Its the strongest cyclone every recorded in the southern hemisphere. A state of emergency will remain in effect for 30days. 3 walter jen 3 3 3 3 3 still ahead the bolts. Getting back on track. That got them fired up, last night. 3 plus talk about a photo finish. Why five hundred miles at daytona. All came hundred miles at why five photo finish. Talk about a plus 3 night. Them fired up, last of fans. That got the one group track. Getting back on still ahead the bolts. Getting back on track. The one group of fans. That got them fired up, last night. 3 photo finish. Why five hundred miles at daytona. All came down, to a few milimeters. Highlights, next in sports. 3 3 today you can do everything even keep your toilet clean and fresh. Click it in to enjoy clean freshness with every flush. Lysol. Janet . Cough if you can hear me. Dont even think about it. I took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. Yeah. But what about mike . It works on his cough too. Cough it works on his cough too. Mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs for 12 hours. Lets end this. 3 time to talk some sports this morning. And we begin with another big win for the bolts last night. This weekend was the Second Annual fathers road trip for the lightning. And these boys definitely made their fathers proud. 3 the lightning needed some time to warm up though. Taking on the hurricanes up in carolina. They trailed 1 nothing in the 2nd period. But watch them work the puck. J. T. Brown finds a loose puck in front and he up. The lightnings dads club. Theyre just loving it in the stands. Later in the period, Steven Stamkos finds Ryan Callahan and he has time to tee it up and let it fly. 21 bolts. Carolina would tie the game again, later in the period. The lightning pick up a power play late in the 3rd and time is running out on the powerplay when Tyler Johnson gets it to stamkos. His 25th goal of the season. And 301st goal of his career the bolts would later add an empty netter. Sealing the deal. Final score. Bolts 4, hurricanes two. The team is back home tomorrow night, hosting the arizona coyotes. 3 and now. To the Great American race. To say the daytona 500 had a thrilling finish, would be an understatement. It was the closest finish, in the races history. 3 driver matt kenseth took the lead with just forty laps to go, and it looked like he would take the win, as they made the final turn. Who led the most laps in this race. Came roaring back. Kenseth gets bumped out of the way, and its down to hamlin gets across that finish line. A bumper ahead of truex. The closest finish in the history of the daytona 500. This is also the first daytona win for the toyota racing team. 3 3 3 and it looks like denny hamlin is a man of his word. His mom tweeted out this photo yesterday. Of a letter hamlin wrote in elementary school. The childhood essay was written back in 1987. And its all about the daytona 500. Hamlin wrote how he dreamed of winning the race and taking home a one Million Dollar prize. The one thing he didnt get right. Was the date. He predicted he would win the race. In 1998. Better late than never. 3 3 two other notable names from the race. Got knocked out of the competition. Both Dale Earnhardt junior and Danica Patrick crashed their cars in the final few laps. And now. From racing, to the rays spring training is finally in full swing, down in port charlotte. 3 sunday was the first and catchers. But several other players have already showed up. Rays manager kevin cash welcomed in 40 players for what should be a very competitive camp. The team lost ten starters from last year. The team gets its first full squad workout friday. Their first spring training game, is a week from wednesday. 3 when we come back, ill have another check on your monday forecast. 3 plus. Could you imagine never having to worry about hitting a pothole. Ever again . The latest auto technology, thats making it a reality. 3 3 vanessa 3 3 it looks like our smart cars. 3 it looks like 3 3 it looks like our smart cars. Just keep getting smarter. They can already park themselves. Start themselves. And even avoid help drivers avoid one costly hazard potholes programmed its new fusion sports car to not only avoid the holes. It even jumps over them. Foxs gary gastalew gastelu explains how it works 3. Gary gastelu fox news oncam bridge, on cam throughout, fox news audio tag some weatherbeaten roads are so bad these days 3 that potholes are impossible to avoid without swerving into the next lane. But what if you could just jump over them . Thats sort of what the 2017 ford 3 3 3 3 still ahead in our next half hour a deadly shooting. With a twist. The stores clerk. Turns the tables on his attackers. Fox 13s Shayla Reaves is live at the Tampa Police Department right now, with the latest. 3

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