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Never saw it coming, a blast from a shotgun. It felt like a sting. It was so quick and i was so amped up with adrenaline. Reporter an angry driver followed everitt and his girl friend into the parking lot of a pasco walmart. The mystery man had a gun ready and everitt was his target. Its frightening. Ive never been shot before. Reporter it started on state road 54 when a black suv began brake checking the couple. When they turned in the parking lot, were you scared . I mean i didnt really know what was going on, but after the fact, yeah. It was scary, very scary thing. It was the most frightening thing. I mean ive never had a gunshot go off that close to me before. Reporter everitt and his girl friend are grateful that her little girl wasnt in the back seat where she would have been inches away from the blast. If someone brake checks you or you have a problem with someone on the road, just get are on the case. Hes lucky that he only took a shot to his arm. It could have been a lot wors ....
Home. Florida department of Law Enforcement believes the toddler may be traveling with a man named handy charles. 5 feet tall. 120pounds. They may be in a 2003 blue honda civic. If you know the whereabouts of handy or harry charles, give 911 a call. The Hillsborough County firefighter whose child died after being placed in a hot car is on administrative leave. Hes facing chargesin old son. Candice mccown talked to those who know the father and are defending him as a father. Reporter he bonded out of jail here in Pinellas County on saturday. Hes now with family in an undisclosed location so they can have privacy. 126 degrees. Thats the body temperature of Lawson Whitaker after his dad pulled him from this truck. Hes crying. Hes crying out. The neighbor was th ....
Stunned as he walked near the pickup truck where the sheriff tells me hed left his 23month old son lawson. He had dropped his daughter addison off at her Elementary School and was supposed to drop off lawson at daycare. Troy parked his car and he left lawson in the car from somewhere around 8 30 this morning until around 4 30 this afternoon. Reporter with lawson still trapped in his car seat behind the drivers seat whitaker even made a run to publix. He didnt realize that the child was in the back until he arrived home from publix. Reporter thats when lumpkin jumped in. I was hoping and praying cpr would be successful. Reporter neighbors watched as investigators went over the truck. It just reinforces you need to spend as much time as you can with your kid because you never know when tragedy will strike. As a dad and seeing a child who had just learned my name, who had waved to me daily calls for me and run over to me with thos ....
Until after 3 00 in the afternoon. Whitaker his neighbors are defending him saying this was nothing more than a tragic accident. It was a tragedy. Much the same way if a child had accidentally drowned in a pull. The troy i know, this was not, i would trust him. Even with this tragedy. That is what it is i would trust him to watch over my kids grandchildren. Whitaker facing serious charges and comprehending his sons death his neighbors want him to know he is not alone. I hope he stays strong. Reporter whitaker has been with hillsboro county fire rescue since march 2012. As for his administrative leave, no word on how long that will last, a determine it on a personal matters. Such a tragedy. Thank you very much. Police are searching for a missing threeyearold. Harry charles was last seen this afternoon, his father handy charles took the boy from the home, he shares custody of the boy with his estranged wife, handy charles may have a gun, there is an active search going on. These two are ....
News. Good evening thanks for being with us tonight im lloyd sowers. Hayley has the night off. An undercover officer is in the hospital tonight with serious injuries after an encounter with a teenage suspect. Fox 13s evan lambert is in st. Petersburg with a look at what happened and how that officer ended up hit with a bullet from his own gun. Reporter st. Pete police say that officer is recovering in the hospital from a gunshot wound to his hand, his gun during a traffic stop. This is how it all started. Last night around 11 00, a group of Police Officers spotted a car driving erratically. The driver sped off when they tried to do a traffic stop. They chose not to pursue, according to officers a short time later underconserve officers spotted that car in the area it down. Then the 16yearold driver failed leaving the car going. An officer got out tried to stop that car and at some point before it hit a deputys car it caused his g ....