Pmorning, this does involve a edestrian. Pright now we have a very heavy pLaw Enforcement presence here, pessentially all directions of pthis intersection are blocked pexcept for westbound which is pmoving slowly so drivers if you pcan avoid the area completely, robably for the better if not, pof course, you have a couple of palternates for you here. Plinebaugh, waters, florida pavenue as i mentioned before, if pyou dont, youll see some pdelays in the westbound pdirection of bush. Pwell get you some updates on pthe condition of the pedestrian pas soon as we can but in the pmeantime, we want to send it to pdave. Pdave 70 degrees outside this pmorning. Pas you go away from the water, ptemperatures are a lot cooler so pits a bit of a different start, ptoo. Psoutheast wind at three miles an phour. Pwe dont have the sea fog weve phad for the past three days pwhich is great visibilities for pthe most part 10 miles. Pjust showing that to you because pweve had so much fog. Pnow, you see a little rain over pthe gulf and watch as it slides pto the east. Ptodays rain chances are only pgoing to be around 20 to 30 as pit looks like as weve been ptalking about tomorrow afternoon pand evening, well have our best prain chance. Pnext two days about 80, 81 for a phigh. Pthen cooler for the second half pof the weekend and early next pweek for that matter. Pwell have that with the psevenday in a few. Plaura he put his life on the pline, driving his cruiser in pfronts of a woman to protect her pfrom a wrongway driver. Prussell and that heroic act pcost Deputy Kotfila his life. Pshayla reaves is already at the pchurch. Pcertainly going to be an pemotional day. Preporter an emotional day, pnot only for Law Enforcement pright here in the tampa bay pcommunity but many members of pLaw Enforcement around the pcountry. Pwe do know letters, condolences pcounty sheriffs office, all in premembrance of deputy john pkotfila, junior. Pwe did get a glimpse of the pmoments before his hearse made pits way here to Saint Timothy pcatholic church. Pright now i want to show enthuse pvideo of the Hillsborough County psheriffs office honor guard. Pthey were preparing to escort pdeputy john kotfila, junior here pthis morning. Pi want to show you video pcaptured within the last half phour. Pthis is video as the hearse made pits way onto the property of pSaint Timothy catholic church. Pdeputy after deputy on the pmotorcycles, theyre joining pthem as they made that journey phere this morning and its a ptime that a lot of law penforcement members right here pin the community, they are ptrying to make sense of all of pthis. Pwe do know earlier this week, pcolonel greg brown with the pHillsborough County sheriffs plike this, losing another pdeputy, its the worst part of pthe job. Pits something that they have to pdeal with as Law Enforcement but pits one of those things that is pvery tough, especially when its psomeone in your own department pand in that case, the pHillsborough County sheriffs poffice. Pwe do know john kotfila, junior phas been described to us by pthose who knew him as a person pwho could enter a room in the poffice. Phe had energy, he had life and phe brought that energy and life pwith him to his job. Phe has been described as pbeing like a little brother, one pyou couldnt help but love and premembered. Pso these are some of the words pthat we are hearing today. Pweve been reminded throughout pthe week that when something plike this happens, members of pLaw Enforcement, when they put pon their uniform and they kiss ptheir wife or their husband or pwhere theyre signing up and pthey dont know if theyre going pday. Pthey are putting their life on pthe line. Pits unlike my job where i dont phave that same sort of pexpectation when i come to work pevery day so for the men and the pwomen who are trying to make psense of this today, weve been ptold that when Something Like pthis happens, they think of it pas what if it was my car . Pwhat if it was the crash that i pwas in . Preality . Pso its something they feel not ponly in the department here at pthe Hillsborough County psheriffs office but other pagencies around the tampa bay parea and throughout the country. Pwell continue to follow pthroughout the morning and we pwill keep you posted as we learn pmore. Pwe do know that family pvisitation starts at 10 00 this pmorning followed by an open pvisitation, then the funeral at p1 00 this afternoon. Pguys, back to you. Prussell thank you. Pfor Deputy Kotfila starts at p1 00 this afternoon and well phave that on our website at pfox13news. Com. Pand eric mc beth of hudson was pthe wrong way driver that hit pthe deputy. Phe also died in the crash. Pinvestigators are waiting for ptest results to see if alcohol pmay have been a factor. P7 06 right now. Pother news, a sarasota pfirefighter is in the hot seat. Plaura hes accused of sexting pa 17yearold girl while he was pworking. Pinvestigators say that aaron pbryant key met the girl at a prestaurant in december. Pshe apparently told him that she pwas underage but then he sent pher explicit messages anyway. Phe is out of jail this morning pafter posting 50,000 bond. Phe faces up to 15 years in rison if he is found guilty. Pthe city has put him on paid padministrative leave while they pconduct an investigation. Prussell child is safe this pmorning after a kidnapping in olk county. Pthe toddler was in the care of a pin a car while they ran into the pmulberry pharmacy on north pchurch avenue. Psurveillance camera got the icture of what they believe is pthe kidnapper. Pthats him on the right. Phe left the pharmacy and drove poff in the car. Phe was found a few blocks away pin an auto zone parking lot. Pthe child was not hurted. Pkidnapper still on the loose. Plaura bradenton couple faces pchild abuse charges this pmorning. Auline lee and her fiance are paccused of hitting her child pwith a belt. Pboth parents are held without pbail. Pthe child is in protective pcustody. Prussell we expect closing parguments today at the hulk phogan civil trial against pgawker. Pthe jury has to decide if he pdeserves that 100 million hes pasking for. Phogan accuses gawker of pviolating his privacy after osting video of him having sex pwith bubba the love sponge. Pgawker said his celebrity status pmade him fair game. Pbill sitting on his desk right pnow involving marijuana. Pit reduces the punishment for pgetting caught with 20 grams or pless. Pit would be a fine now. Pno jail time. Pcity Council Passed that new pordinance yesterday by a 51 pvote. Pit will not take effect pimmediately. Ptampa police need an education eriod first. Pwe may be looking at hillary pclintondonald trump matchup in pnovember. Pthats how theyre act. Prussell they seem to be plooking beyond the primary pchallengers and setting sights pon each other. Pas doug reports from washington, pits getting ugly. Preporter if youre playing podds right now, this is likely pto be the matchup come november pand were getting a preview now pof what that could be like. Pgive donald trump this. Phis web ads are cheap, simple pand cutting. Phillary Clinton Super pac is ptaking the page from his play pbook. Pive said a lot of things. Preporter but they are no pdoubt flawed frontrunners. Ptrump may have a ceiling of psupport when hes facing a phim. P this is more likely to become pthought before. Preporter for her part, phillary clinton is dealing with pan Enthusiasm Gap and her pinvestigation into classified pemail at the state department. P its corroborating and precorroborating the evidence and pi believe that it will recommend pto its superiors in the justice pdepartment that the evidence be resented to a grand jury. Pwhat happens there, nobody pknows. Preporter at the same time, pthere are real questions about pthat. Pwith the New York Times preporting that behind closed pdoors, president obama has been purging Democratic Leaders to punite around clinton. Pis it possible his justice pdepartment would actually pursue pa case against her . P he must either have pinformation or really strong pintuition that this will not phappen. Preporter even though these pnothing is certain. Pit is fair to say that hillary pclinton is farther along the ath to winning a nomination pthan donald trump. Prussell and this. Pu. S. Senator rubio went back to pwork yesterday, returning to pwashington after suspending his residential campaign. Phe made that decision after plosing the florida primary. Pthe senator is considering his poptions and he said hes not prunning for reelection in pnovember. Psenator rubio has no intention pof running for governor, either, pand he said he does not want to pbe vice president. Plaura Governor Scott signs a pnew budget that calls for 82 pbillion in spending during the pnext fiscal year. Pthe governor did not sign the pbill as is, though. Phe chose to veto about 256 pmillion for spending on things plike roads, cultural projects pand health care. Prussell 7 10. Psarasota woman will certainly be pwatching her step this morning. Psonya clipton went to her back orch yesterday morning and pshe doesnt like snakes. Pshe called a neighbor. Pthey called police. Pofficers caught the snake and psent it to sarasota animal pservices. Pthey think it may be somebodys et. Ptheyre going to wait five days pto see if anyone comes forward pto claim it. Pif not, fish and wildlife or a plicensed handler will take pcustody of the snake. Plaura and speaking of wild pthings, thursday afternoon kids pat Geneva Classical Academy in plakeland did not want to leave ptheir class ram rooms classrooms. Pyou can see why. Pthe alligator walked across the pfeeted pfield and straight into the arking lot. Pthey called in a trapper and it ptook awhile but he was able to pwrangle the gator away from the pschool. Pthe school wrote, our students preceived a good polk county peducation today. Phow to trap a nine foot, 11 inch pgator. Prussell wow. Plaura i would say only in prussell it could be anywhere. Pall right. Pno wonder they call it happy phour. Pcoming up, the reasons most eople order a drink at a bar. Plaura then an unforgettable pthrill ride. Pi can tell you, it is. Pwalter allen flying with the air pforce thunder birds. Pyoure going to see what that pwas like. Phey, dave. Pdave good morning. Pits 7 12. Pi got a great start to the day pfor you. Pdont have the fog that weve phad the past few mornings. Pits 70 degrees outside. Pand we used to have a couple of psprinkles on the radar but pnothing working its way onshore pyet. Pisolated shower possible late ptoday but High Temperatures look ugh. I really shouldnt. No, you know what . I should. And i will. I deserve this. Im a bogo findin, weekly ad flippin, couponing mastermind. Whos saving big time . This girl can i help you . Indeed. This queen of savings deserves a reward. A cannoli, please. The weekly ad, bogos and coupons. Three easy ways to save at the same place you love to shop. Pdave a little over an hour pfrom now, were going to give paway another fox 13 good day pmug and people have been ptweeting me, theyve been pfacebooking me. Pthese mug . Phandle on one of these mugs . Pi really just made that up at pthe top of my head. Pwe have a contest going on but pyou have to go to the fox 13 pdave Osterberg Facebook page. Pthe only chance you have is to pclick on this link and upload pyour photo, please. Pokay . Pwell be giving away a mug pcoming up in the 8 30 half hour pof good day. Pi like the way today is pstarting. Pwe dont have visibility issues plike weve had the past few pdays. Pive actually got a little bit pof blue sky mixing in with the pcloud cover and out towards the pbeach, it looks like a decent pstart to the day. Pi can finally see the gulf for pthe first time this week. Pwe do have, though, unsettled pweather headed our way and im ptrying to find a better way to psay that because its kind of a pvague word, unsettled, but over pthe course of the next 48 hours por so, well see a few waves of prain move through. Pnone of the next three days will pbut today, 30 rain chance. Ptomorrow 50 rain chance and pthen a 30 to 40 come sunday pmorning as we wait for a front pwhich is ever so slowly working pits way into the state to come pthrough. Ponce it clears the area by psunday afternoon, were good. Pthen the northwest winds come in pand take over and drag in some pcooler air. Pit is much cooler inland this pmorning. Pfor instance, bartow is at 59. Plakeland at 61. Phaines city at 63. Ptampa and st. Petersburg still prunning 70 degrees. Pbut if you compare this to pyesterday, polk county, seven to pnine degrees cooler. Pyouve got places like pbradenton, sarasota, five pdegrees cooler. Pits a noticeable difference poutside. Pi think it feels kind of nice poutside this morning. Pso in general, variable clouds. Pas this front slides southward, plittle pieces of energy are pgoing to move along the front to phelp enhance the lift and its plike squeezing out a wet little psponge and you get some showers pand thats going to happen maybe ptwo or three days. Pbest rain chances would be psaturday afternoon, saturday pnight. Pthe future cast right now, as pyou can see, just little waves pof showers moving through the parea. Pit doesnt look like anything psignificant for us but at the psame time, it can be kind of esky so i would just keep pchecking your skytower radar papp. Pim thinking about sunday pmorning, though, were going to pget rid of all of this activity, pclear out and thats going to ave the way for some cooler pweather. Preally nice weather in general pfor next week. Pisolated showers, maybe one or ptwo today but 20 to 30 rain pchance is not great. Phigh of 81 degrees. Ptonight 68. Ptomorrow morning will likely pstart off quiet and then well pget into a round of showers, pmaybe a rumble of thunder, pespecially further north closer pto where the front is for ptomorrow afternoon, tomorrow pnight with a High Temperature of paround 80 degrees. Plook at the next seven days, we pmight have another round of rain pforget, sunday is spring, by the pway. Pwe overlooked the fact because pits in the 80s forever. Pwell be in the upper 60s for phighs on monday so quite a pcooldown for the first part of pnext week. Phowever, wednesday and thursday, pguess what . Pwere right back to the lower p80s again, vanessa. Pvanessa we have a live look palong the selmon expressway. Pthis is kind of in the area of p50th street. Pwe do have a crash thats preportedly not blocking any ptravel lanes. Plooking a bit slow in the pwestbound direction which really pon the lower deck, you can see pupper deck looks clear. Ptravel times, complete stretch pof the westbound lanes of the pselmon running 21 minutes so pmaybe a delay of a minute or two pfrom what were used to seeing pthis time of morning. Lan accordingly if you head pthat way. Plooks great on the majors. Pheres an updated look at the ptravel times. Pwere in the green on 275 psouthbound. Pthats excellent. Pnot a big deal here. Prussell heres a question. Pwhy do we drink . Psome people do it to get their pmind off of something as a way pto escape, to relax. Plaura but that is not always ptrue. Pa new study says that people pdrink most often when theyre phappy. P86 drink to celebrate a special paccomplishment like a promotion por an anniversary. P73 drink to sell celebrate a pbirthday. P72 consume alcohol while having pan amazing day. Pon the other hand, people drink psignificant lower amount of palcohol when they have a bad pday. P62 drink while stressed and 42 pafter a breakup. Pthose results are from a harris oll of more than 1,300 eriodical drinkers from a wide prange of demographics. Prussell we all know that pcalifornia is vulnerable to a pbig earthquake. Pcoming up, the news people pliving there probably do not pwant to hear. Plaura march madness without pyour team mascot. Pa bulldog who couldnt get into pthe game. Pwouldnt allow it. Pbut first, Charley Belcher. Pgood morning. Pcharley good day to you, plaura. Pdo you see what that is . Pcan you see whats inside there . Plaura no. Pcharley do you know whats pinside there . Pone of these. Pone of these. Pyou just got to plaura i was going to say pthat. Pcharley you just got to bring pit out of there somehow. Pthats what this is where the pmagic happens. Pill tell you all about a pcompany that started with a pboyhood hobby and then a mans plove for his son and their pshared passion for baseball has pcreated beacon bats. Pwe all have a good if your family outing is magical for all the wrong reasons. You may be muddling through allergies. Try zyrtec for powerful allergy relief. And zyrtec is different than claritin. Because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. Try zyrtec. Muddle no more. laura welcome back to good day tampa bay. The time is 7 . A police stakeout ends with a olice shootout ends with a pdeath in houston, texas. Prussell undercover narcotics pagents were watching a gang poutside of a furniture store. Pthey say five men tried to rob pthe place at gun point and an pemployee told them he didnt phave a key to the safe so they pleft. Pthats when things got pconfusing. Pthere are conflicting reports pwhether the men pointed a gun at olice or ran towards a business pwith people inside. Pthe officers felt that somebody pwas in danger and they had to pstop them and they opened fire. Plaura Seattle Police released ictures of the shotgun singer pkurt cobane used to kill phimself. Pthey were put in the pinvestigative file earlier this pmonth. Pfive pictures were taken, each pshowing the gun held at a pdifferent angle. Psome conspiracy theorists think phe was the front band member of pnirvana. Phe was found dead in his home. Prussell a nun is facing pshoplifting charges. Pthe 78yearold was stuffing pfood and toiletries into a bag. Pshe left without paying. Pthe managers of the surplus poutlet say she took about 23 pworth of items. Pno confession, a guilty plea pwill probably result in a fine. Plaura People Living in fort pworth, texas are cleaning up pfrom a hailstorm t. Pit did a lot of damage, too. Pthey had a power outage and that psevere weather is also to blame pfor killing several exotic birds pat a zoo. Pin some places the hail was the psize of tennis balls. Pand it could happen again today, ptoo. Pmore thunderstorms are in the pforecast. Pthats something. Plook at those holes. Prussell i cant imagine that. Pit just it