Download the news and weather app. A Miami GardensPolice Officer is on the mend after a gunman fired on his vehicle. The invessgation is just beginning. Nbc 6 investigator willala shepard is joining us livefrom Miami Gardens and with the exclusive video. Willard . Reporter on this video that we have obtained, it shows what workers at a church took place when the officer was out there doing his paperwork when this black vehicle drives up and opens fire. The police chief says its simply an ambush. Only on 6, these images from this morni of the situation that put the officers le in danger. Watch as the black suv that weve highlighted drives up and halts at the flashing light which locate where starling was sitting while filling out an accident report. Out without warning. This is the man who was behind the wheel. David andre ehea. He amshed the officer. This shows the driver pulling away from the flashing lights and you can see the suv cutting through the standing water despite being wounded, the officer started to fire at the man who fired at him. He called out the description of the vehicle and started pursing the vehicle. The chief brooklyn says mahea started shooting at the officer out and trying to run but didnt get very far. The officer says that his officersrsever fired a single round. The officer was ambushed. Reporter the Police Department is making it clear that he was simply doing his paperwork t t suspect has had a long runin with the law. He now could face six counts of attempted murder on a Law Enforcement officer. Were live tonight in Miami Gardens, willard shepard, nbc 6 news. Nbc 6eporter ari odzer is joining us with more on the officer and how hes doing after being ambushed. Sri . Reporter jackie, were happen teahappy to report that officer starling is alert and able to receive the dozen of visitors that have come miami Police Department, simply coming to check on him and see how hes doing and they are all extremely relieved that they are not dealing with a tragedy. When you see that many bullet holes, you know the Police Officer targeted with a barrage from a semiautomatic handgun is lucky to be alive. Really lucky to have only been hit once. David starling is doing well according to those that have seen him. His spirits are okay. From the stories i heard, i dont know how it was that he didnt get struck more. Reporter officer starlings friends and family are visiting him in the hospital. Meanwhile, his chief is outraged that one of his officers would be a abushed while simply doing paperwork in his vehicle. If you have that much hate and aggression to attempt to assassinate aolice officer who is paid to protect and serve, theres no justification for it. Reporter the circumstances of this case are strikingly milar to a tragedy that happened 26 years ago. Bso Deputy Patrick beham was murdered while he sat in his car at a gas station. Reporter i knew him very well and this officer was writing a report like the offer was doing and it just got ambushed. Here were starting to see people just feel like they can do anything to ybody. And if they are willing to do that to a Police Officer, those the same guys that are doing driveby shootings and killing other people, including children. Is this just a pshopath or a gang thing or terrorist attack . Any idea what the motivation is . I dont know specifically on this case. Wev been telling the public that the streets of miami have been getting meaner, more violent. Reporter and the Police Union President went on to tell us that just last week there was a city of miami Police Officer who was stabbed. Now, we are told that officer starling will make a full back to work and his hobby. Hes quite an extraordinary photographer. You can see what kind of pictures he takes on his facebook page. Ari odzer, nbc 6 news. Ari, thank you. Police have arrested Michael Smallwood in connection with robberies. The 20yearold confessed to hitting up four businesses in the span of a month. Hes in jail being held on no bond. The robberies happened between september 18th and january 18th. Among the stores small would rob, cvs and a 77leven. Clothing worn during the robberies, a gun and personal items all were confiscated. Tonight a. Formal youth ball coach from liberty city is behind bars accused of molesting a minor. Jamie guirol is live at liberty city where he was a coach there. Jamie . Reporter he hasnt coached arrested but they dont know why. Football coach robert jones sidelined by troubling accusations. Happened on multiple occasions on different days. Reporoer he coached kids from 6 to 13 years old since 2006 and delivered the warriors to two championships. Now hes charged with inappropriate Sexual Conduct with a minor. Who do you work for . According to the arrest warrant obtained by nbc 6, coach jones had intercose with a minor. The accusations could completely overshadow his successful football career. Definitely, definitely, the whole community is back home on tv. I know they are rooting for us and happy for us. Reporter the health coach known to some kids for always giving advice. Hes popular. He was a good coach. He tell us to do good in school and stay in school. Jail and owes approximately 35,000 to bond out. Liberty city, jamie guirola, nbc 6 news. Police are on the hunt for two menen accused of stealing a mothers purse when she dropped off her child at daycare. She came back to her car and found personal belongings had been taken. Police say that the two men were seen on Surveillance Video using the victims credit cards to purchase gift cards. Detectives ar working to identify those men. A miami teen is on house arrest after pleading guilty in a nightclub shooting is back behind bars. He violated his probation. Police found a loaded gun and marijuana in his bedroom. A judge ordered him held without bobd. In november, the 18yearold pleaded guilty to one count of attempted seconddegree murder in the 2014 shooting at the now he received credit for serving time while awaiting trial. That shooting is believed to havetemmed from anarlier fight between two rival gangs. A miami lawmaker plans to stop a pro gun bill before it gets any further at the capitol. He wont hear legislation that will allow concealed weapons on college campuses. Supporters of the bill argue it could prevent School Shootings but he thinks the dangers outweigh the perceived benefits. That means its likely dead for the 2016 session. And people were supposed to head to the polls in haiti but the government says they are not going to go ahead with sundayy election because theres too much violence right now. They were scheduled to elect a successor and find a way out of a deep political crisis but oosition activists fear that the polls will be rigged in favor of martellis handpicked successor. Race is boycotting this vote. Angry crowds have also gathered in the capital w. Burning cars, clashing with the police. No new election date has been set as of yet. Snowed in. A monster snowstorm is bearing down on our nations midsection with the effects bei felt right here in south florida. And plenty qf passengers are hoping to beat that storm home. Check out Miami International airport. These are some of the lucky ones hoping to get home tonight. Well talk about delays and cancellations ahead in a live report. And fighting back. Said after an armed. Disneys parks have been a nofly zone for over a decade, a luxury afforded to no other theme parks in the u. S. Now the company is asking the government for an exemption to the nofly restrictions so they can launch drones. Drone rules only allow daytime flights, though. Disneys efforts have caused a debate in the aviation world over the merits of the nofly zone. Were taking a live look from washington, d. C. , where thats the capitol and the white house is all white thanks to falling snow. A monster storm is bearing down expected to drop record snowfall on the area and its not the only area being slammed by snow. Our social view on 6 being flooded of tweets of people either stocking up or playing in moundf snow after being snowed in. South florida is also feeling the snowstorms impact. Travelers are finding themselves stuck because of the bad weather. Marissa bagg is live at the International Airport with more. Marissa . Reporter reporter jackie, the longer we stand here by the monitors, the worse it looks. Check this out. A line of canled flights to new york. Were also talking about North Carolina i canceled, philadelphia is canceled. More than 40 cancellations out of Miami International airport alone. Another 75plus out of ft. Lauderdale and thenountless delays. We talked to some people still hoping to get on a flight tonight but tell me theyve already made Hotel Reservations here in miami just in case. There is not a lot of good news anywhere up the eastern seaboard tonight. But thats not stopping them from trying. I think so. I mean, i check my boarding pass, you know, online and everything and it looks great. Reporter potential record snowfall is covering d. C. A virginia and headed to new york city. Im supposed to be there in new york at midnight. So ill be there at 9 00. So, you know, i think its going to be good. Reporter you think youll make it just in time . Yep. Reporter in washington, d. C. , emergency crews have 500 vehicles on the roads with salt and sand to limit highways from turning into parking lots. But theres not much else that can be done now to keep flights from being canceled. Some people who spent the week in the caribbean had no idea this winter storm was about to unleash. I dont know. Whats going on . I still have vacation ahead. Ive been on a cruis reporter those who did know b works. Couldnt get back to new york on a direct flight because everybody was frantic. So we took a nnecting flight in miami. I thought id visit my old al a mater. Reporter that passenger graduated from the university of miami in the 50s, if you can believe it. Of course, today was rainy. He said he didnt mind it. I hear our weather is about to get a bit better. Lets let it over to meteorologist adam berg. Adam . It comes down to your definition of better. The rain is going to kick out. We didnt have much in the way of thunderstorm action but wind and serious chill is in the air. Our winters dont last ng, right . Lets put the live first alert doppler into motion. We had some lightning not too long ago and still seeing some from time to time but the cluster of showers off towards the east and all were concerned about is a couple of showers across broward. A few light showers through ft. Lauderdale. Pembroke pines, the rain is over for now. As we zoom further off towards the south, we find the tail end of this ban moving very quickly. Wind with this, too. No lightning. North miami right down to coral gables and south miami will see this along with kendall very shortly. Its all about the wind. Look at the forecast out on the water tomorrow. This is why we say forget it. West winds gusting to 30. Seas of 6 to 8 feet. Occasionally up to 10. On the bay, rough conditions. Surf temperatures are typical. This is upper 60s, low 70s. Gale warnings out there. Low tide coming in just after 1 00. Winds right now not terribly bad but beginning to pick up. When the line of showers rolls through, well feel 15 to 20 and gusting to 30. Theres the front pushing over over the next couple of hours. Thats the only rereon temperatures are not too terribly cold tonight but then they shift more northerly when we go through the day on saturday nght into sunday morning and thats when you really feel the chill. Right now, hey, not too bad. Even behindthe front in naples, temperatures into the 60s. Upper 50s for overnight lows. 20 chance of rain. 7 00 hour and that might even be on the high side. That rain is almost out of here. Temperatures again dont drop too much tonight. Bottoming out in the upper 50s. Look at the forecast as we go through the next several days. 45 degrees sunday morning. That would be soo of the coolest lowsweve seen in about a year. And then were into the 50s for the next couple of nights after that. Back to about 65 for your lows into tuesday and then right back to about 70 out ahead of our next one. Daytime highs, well be peeling those back. Erage. Lets deal your saturday and go hour by hour. Not a lot of cloud cover. Heres saturday at 7 00 in the morning. As we go through the day, no clouds. Maybe a brief cloud for the Morning Hours and then lots of bright sunshine. The winds shift towarar the north. This is why we are talking about serious cool as we get into sunday morning. That 45 only a few degrees away from the coolest numbers weve seen since last february. February 20th, to be exact. Another look at the numbers. See if i change this number, its at 45 now. Some indications are that its cooler. Guys, back to you. Its already pretty cool. Sounds pretty cool. Thanks. Heres a question. What would you do if someone pointed a gun at your chest . A woman says that happened to didnt ba so deputies in ft. Myers are on the hunt for dangerous crooks. They held up an elderly couple and carjacked them in their own driveway. Katrina explains. She shares her story and going down without a fight. Carolyn and George Nicole were back home from Grocery Shopping when they noticed two guys in a car followed them. A young man jumped out of a back sst, had a gun, pointed it at me. And asked for my keys. Reporter but rol pushed the robber. Some people could call it foolish. I thought maybe i could bluff him. Report the man knocked her down. What a shame. What a waste of a life. Reporter and drove off with her handbag and a car full of groceries. They are very pathetic people when they have to prey on some one else. Reporter nicols husband was in the passenger seat and ended up in the hospital though shes unsure how badly he got hurt. If they ever,ver come here again, they will probably be shot. Ruised but her spirit is untouched. Sometimes people think that th can do anything they want and once you stand up to them, maybe theyll go away. Reporter the Sheriffs Office didnt find their car until late last night. Police have impounded and are still searching it to look for more clues. Reporting live from the studio, trii robinson, nbc 6 news. Coverage of what is predicted to be a paralyzing snowstorm with travel impact well beyond the east coast. In a race for president an telling signs of a split in the Republican Party as h llary clinton positions herself as a true democrat. A a major round of airbag find out if [ scanner beeping ] sir, could you step aside . Sirir come on. You know who i am. Progressive insurance . Uh, i save people an average of over 500 when they switch . Did you pack your own bags . Oh right the name your price tool. It shows people policy options to help fit their budget. [ scanner warbling ] crazy that a big shot like me would pack his own bags, right . [ chuckles ] so, do i have the right to remain handsome . [ chuckles ] wait. A reminder tonight, the investigators are working for you. If you have a story you think they need to check out, send an email to investigators to nbc6. Com or call one of the tip the fbi and Miami Gardens police are investigating the shooting of an officer who was ambushed by a gunman today in the early morning. David starling was completing an accident report when a manmade eye contact with starling and backed up and opened fire. Hes identified as a 24yearold of of a ventura. The officer will make a full recovery. A former football coach is behind bars accused of molesting a minor. He coached children ages 6 to 13 years old since 2006 and delivered the liberty city warriors to championships. Hes charged inappropriate sexual contact with a minor and being held on a 35,000 bond. An out of control vehicle hits a pedestrian and lands him on top of a minivan parked at a car dealership. The driver fled on three wheels. The police were able to apprehend the driver near the accident scene. Police are still investigating t accident. You can follow the latest and all of these stories making news on the nbc 6 news and weather app. You can download that for free. Cold temperatures and wind, right . We have both of those coming in for us this weekend. Lets flash up this forecast. Look at 45 on sunday. Ive been dying to show this. Just havent had time with all of the other graphics. Check this out. Brisk sunday morning for sure. If we hit 45 year, it will be the coolest low since february 20th of last year. Look how close were getting to maybe getting into that range. So slow this time around and 60. Thats saying something. Wow. A race sunday morning as well. Yes, we do. The runners would like it a little cooler but not that cool. Alt least the ones from here. Tonight