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New this morning a deputy involved shooting. In pasco county. One man is dead. And a pregnant woman caught in the middle, managed to escape. It happened last night in holiday near us 19. Neighbors say they heard a couple fighting in the house around seven last night. They heard a man yell that he had a gun. And thats when they called 911. When deputies arrived, a pregnant woman ran outside. And said the man inside had knives and guns. Deputies also saw the man with a knife. And heard the man say he was . Not going to surrender and deputies would have to kill him. Deputies tried negotiating with him for about two hours. Then, they used tear gas. And the swat team entered. They tased him. And he still charged at deputies. Thats when they opened fire ,killing him. Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco the mans name has not been released because next of kin has not been notified. The pregnant woman and deputies were . Not seriously injured. ....
Machine and clean you out. According to deputies, this woman just wrapped up a wal mart shopping trip using somebody elses debit card. Victims tell us its hard to catch. About wiped out my checking account. Reporter thats what happened to this polk county woman. 4,100 at the credit union. I almost fainted. Reporter last october she fell victim to a similar scam where the crooks told her to put her chip enabled debit card under the phone an she sounded really businesslike calling from mid florida and they had to pick up all the old debit cards in the county and be out late that night. Once they get access, of course, to the debit card and pin number its off to the races. Reporter the scam is popping up its ugly head in pinellas and hillsborough counties, negative news about certain banks having customers on alert. The caller insists the bank must retrieve the debit card and pin and send a new one in seen in several years. Ive never heard of a suspect actually going to the home. Usually ....
Not true according to deputies. He lied about a years long air force career but he was enlisted for several months before being terminated. And the sheriff said that he can claim to be an expert in being an inmate. Well put him in cuffs and start him on his way to his new addition to his false curriculum vitae and has social confinement engineer. I spoke with kitowskis wife on the phone, she was shocked about her husbands arrest before she ended the conversation only after a few seconds. But tonight im going to look into how this could impact any cases where kitowski has been involved and they resulted in convictions if those defendants will ask for a new trial as a result of that. The question that you dont have any answer to is why. He is seeking attention. What would he do this for . , i dont think they know but witnesses, expert witnesses are paid quite a bit of money that could be a motivation there as well. And thanks. New developments in the mosaic controversy. Attorneys have fi ....
But first up, day 2 of a perfect weekend for us. We lucked out yesterday. Unbelievable. Today pretty much a carbon copy. We are starting out on a chilly note. 45. Its 57 in tampa and then head doyne to sarasota, 55. 61 in st. Petersburg. Low humidity across the board. Our winds are light and im tracking more patchy fog this morning. Its primarily for interior sit russ county, sumter and locally dense in leesburg. And maybe one or two patches in eastern hillsborough county. Overall, not a huge deal this morning. A lovely day today. We have High Pressure to the east. Today mostly sunny skies. Most of us waking up to a mostly clear sky. The race started at 6 a. M. 73 degrees and 76 today. Two rain chances coming up this week. New this morning, seven people are dead after a series of random shootings in kalamazoo, michigan. Five people were killed at a crackerbarrel in. A 14yearold girl was among those dead and another 9 yearold is in ....