Thats what landed him behind bars. Arrested for killing the very alligator that harassed his horses and man none of this make sense. Theres just not one thing in this case that seems to make sense. A normal College Student on a random rampage. Tonight, hes accused of killing an innocent couple in a bizarre and gruesome murder. A local invention thats taking the parenting world by storm and giving infants a safer good evening, im kelly ring. Im mark wilson, thanks for joining us. First upat 10 00, theres a new story that a man is furious for facing charges for killing an alligator on his property. The state Attorneys Office has filed charges against him. Evan is live. Sort this out for us. It seems this guy is charged and a lot of other people are, too. Whats behind it . Reporter mark, he says the alligator was a few feet away from his horses when he pulled the trigger. Fwc says you cant just shoot an on the night of tuesday, june 21st, he went too far. Man i saw him, i thought hed leave but he didnt. I wound up shooting him four times reporter his son tried to scare it off. Man this alligator was clean. It looked like someone put turtle wax on it. His teeth was even white. Reporter as family watched. Man it looked like he was shot out of a reporter nasty injuries to his knee and calf and a broken neck from the way the gator whipped him around. He was in the hospital for ten days. That aggressiveness is why he had every reason to try to stop the alligator. After fwc trapped the alligator he knew he couldnt just shoot it without a license. He was arrested thursday and bonded out after four hours. Man i was shocked because they told me i wouldnt be arrested. Reporter blanton said his lawyer, who is costing him 5,000 will argue that potecting him animals will trump the law. Man if youre put in jail just like youre a criminal. Man animals from an alligator that weighs over 400 pounds . Reporter the next court date is next week but he says his attorney is hoping to have the charges dropped before then. He does face jail time. The key word is that theyre hoping that these charges will be dropped. Do you think it had anything to do it looked like from the picture that they put the alligator in the back of the truck. Could that have been what started this or was it actually reporter at this point, they said they cannot comment on this case. They do say you cannot just shoot an alligator without a license. Obviously he feels he had a good reason for doing so because this is his property out here. So the court system is going to sort this out. How do you determine if the gator is chasing you. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Its been an emotional day up and down floridas coast. Lieutenant pete had lost his battle with colon cancer. Hed been a firefighter for 35 years. Florida does not offer benefits to firefighters. Bill passed right up until his death. Woman around fire and all these toxic chemicals and they end up dying young of cancer. Huffmans friends and families continue to fight his fight. And in Charlotte County today, mary was laid to rest. Shes the 73yearold woman who was accidentally fired a loaded gun at her during a training exercise. The police chief and dozens of witnesses saw the shooting. At the funeral, family members spoke about the role faith and forgiveness played in her life. Man thats what my mom was about. She was about forgiving. I think we need to be about forgiving. Nolton was a homecoming queen sweetheart 54 years ago. She was also a librarian who always had a book to recommend. Theyre still investigating why the officer had that loaded gun during the drill. Now a disturbing story weve been following out of west palm. A 19yearold Florida State student randomly stabbed a couple to death inside a home and tried to stab the neighbor who tried to stop him. Reporter agitated state monday night, investigators believe he was walking back to his fathers home. Man he stopped one street short of his dads house, turns left which is west, and has the encounter with the two victims. Reporter sheriff says the initial autopsy showed he died the autopsy on his wife tomorrow. Man it was very obvious that there was an enormous amount of violence inside the garage. Reporter an attack so violent that he was biting the face of one of his victims. Man ive seen a lot of crime scenes, i was there last night, i dont know that ive ever seen anything with this much violence. Reporter while the sheriff said he was mostly he added that there were moments of lieu sid ti. Man 911, do you need fire police or medical. Man police and medical. Reporter a Good Samaritan who tried to stop the assault said haroof said to him, you dont want any of this. Man it looks like a completely unprovoked and random attack ontwo people who were sitting in their open garage. That was john reporting for hospital and in grave condition. Its not clear if its due to the encounters or something he ingested. When asked if he was on drugs, the sheriff said he would not speculate. The school sent the commission this promotional video along with a four page statement as to why it would be a great addition. Some of usfs biggest according to espn, big 12s commissionerill hold a conference with big schools. The big 12 will stay at ten schools but it could add two more. They hope to make that decision in october. Dont paint the wildlife. Thats new at 10 00 tonight. I said paint. Its a warning you wouldnt think the state would have to issue. You say this has happened again. Who is doing this . Wed sure like to know who it is, mark. This time its a bird. Can you believe somebody iris b. Official wildlife thinks somebody did it on purpose. The thick painting so deep into the birds feathers, it cant fly. Its now at a wildlife sanctuary. Once all the new feathers come in, theyll be ae it. It comes on the heels of the two painted gopher tortoises. Its very troubling. Not just because theyre endangered but their shells are the chemicals in the paint can seep through causing internal damage. They also lose their camouflage against predators. People to keep the paint on the canvas, the wall, the house, whatever, just keep it off floridas precious wildlife and i will second that. Back to you, kelly. I cant believe somebody would do that. Coming up, a tampa school with a historic name but no history to tampa. So why is the School Called what it is . We went on a mission to find out. Also this, when they its one of the worst seasons theyve seen in years. Up next, why this summers weather has made the fight against termites a real battle. Whats going on, paul . When the rain arrives early, it leaves early. You can see whats left of it, its way out in the gulf. All the showers are turning up on the east coast. More storms tomorrow you and i were not allowed to save them unless we were willing to be sued. Has government lost its mind . So i fixed the law to make sure we are all empowered to rescue those who can not rescue themselves. That is the least we can do. After all the love they give. Dana young for the florida senate. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Made . Trump these were made, i dont know where theyre made. But they were made someplace. But theyre great. Its ties, shirts, cufflinks, everything sold at macys and theyre doing great. . Letterman . Where are the shirts made . . Offcamera voice . Bangladesh. . Letterman . Bangladesh. . Trump . Well, its good. We employ people in bangladesh. Letterman . Ties . Where are the ties made . They have to work, too. These are beautiful ties. They are great ties. The ties are made in where . China . Offcamera voice . China. . Letterman . The ties are made in china. [ audience laughter ] kelly new at ten. New at 10 00 tonight, hot and rainy days like today have created a big problem for a lot of home owners. Termites are wreaking havoc across the tampa bay area and they can cause thousands of dollars in damage. The infess tagss are good for one group and they are exterminators. Mighty busy. In tampa. You found one of the homes we were talking about. Reporter i have, kelly. Yeah, tinting a home is a process you see behind me may look like the circus is in town but this is definitely not the tent you want to step into. They are pumping poison into them and thats the best way to rid a home of termites. Youll see a lot more tints popping up in your neighborhood this summer. They quick enough to meet the demand for help once home owners notice these Little Creatures crawling around their window sills. Rick freeman says the bugs have created a boom in business in tampa. Mayaugust is typically swarming season when dry wood termites expand their colonies. Like wild fire thanks to the hot and humid summers. Man the summers are getting longer and hotter. The hotter it is, the more they thrive in heat. Reporter last month tied for the hottest july in tampa. Costing you thousands of dollars to repair. Man they could tear up a 2 x 4, half a wall, just depends. Reporter that has some home owners acting fast. With a tarp exterminators, homes are sealed up and pumped with gas while you and your pets have to leave for 24 hours, the results last 57 years with so many people looking to rid themselves of the wood eating creatures. Theyre nearly booked through september. Man its just extremely busier than it normally is. Reporter now, unfortunately, new homes are not immune from this problem. Are the little piles of wings that start to build up by the doors and window sills. They say the best thing to do is start to address the problem before it starts. Crystal, thanks. Thats really the big problem with termites. So much of the damage can be done before you can see it. I tell you, a lot of people are going to be checking now after this. Paul, whats happening, especially louisiana, still a mess there. It is. Ill be story overall has been almost like undercovered. Its been that bad. Even the New York Times admitted today, they should have done a better job this weekend. This is a disaster. It really is. 11 people have died, 40 thousand homes and businesses have been damaged. Look at the extent of that flooding. Theyve had check this out, 30 thousand people have had to be rescued being stuck in the water some no place to go. In louisiana. I mean, this is a huge deal and ultimately, look at that that guy actually opened up the top of the car and got that woman out. This has been repeated over and over in louisiana the past couple of days. Wow. Lets talk about back home. We had nothing like that today. We had strong storms go by. Heres lightning reflecting off the sunset in red gton beach. Beautiful view from clear water bay. They shared these on my facebook page. Finally, this is really nice. Sunset at siesta key. Were quiet now. In the forecast in key, the past two days has been the east wind along and really did not meet up with a sea breeze. The storms get going on daytime heating over land and because theres no sea breeze on the coast, the storms dont intensify, they just move along. Most of the activity at 5 00 was over the water. Now temperatures now where they should be. I mean temperatures this time of year usually not remarkable. They kind of stay in the same future cast has a quiet night tonight. Computer models indicate a very slight drop in the amount of moisture thursday and lasting into the weekend. I dont think it means were rain free but it may mean any showers may be more sporadic. Inland and then you can see on the water which is the amount of water that can its in the air that can drop as rain, you can see it kind of gets into a dryer setup over our state. Not significantly lower but enough that could drop rain chances a little bit. Still tracking a big wave out in the atlantic. 80 percent chance of developing in the next two days. Judging by computer models, this is going to be a fish storm. Its going to move a not impact any land at all. One saving grace so far this year, lots of dryer air which has cut down on tropical development. Once things do get going, you have 84 in the caribbean, 87 central gulf, plenty of fuel for tropical development. Right now, we got an 80, dew point is 73. Winds are from the west at six. Stretch of 103. Its been a brutal week or two across the northeast. Becoming mostly clear tonight and 79. Mission of sun and clouds tomorrow with afternoon storms developing. Were back up to 91 and the rain chances on thursday about 30 percent with a High Temperature up to 92. And your 7day forecast is locked in. You got more low 90s for highs in florida, it used to be that if a child, a senior or one of our four legged friends was trapped in a hot car you and i were not allowed to save them unless we were willing so i fixed the law to make sure we are all empowered to rescue those who can not rescue themselves. That is the least we can do. After all the love they give. Dana young for the florida senate. Well, it looks kind of like a hammock for a baby. But its a sure way to give your little one a safer nights sleep. He may be on to something. Isnt that exciting . Chris spoke with him tonight, the creator of this crescent wound. Is this a gimmick or the next big thing . It sounds promising. Reporter yeah, kelly, my parents will buy anything that theres even a remote chance that it will make their baby safer. Thats what its promising to do. Who is the person behind this next must have . How about a 23yearold surfer from clear water. Jimmy spencer is the dad man i just felt that there were a lot of things missing as far as safety and comfort for babies. Reporter so he set out to make a bed that was safer, comfortable, and affordable. And this was his first prototype. Elastic mesh stretched across a laundry basket. Man the concept is there. Stella, slept great on it. A year and a half later, crescent womb was born. He started marketing his inve invention on social media. Interest for his product exploded. Jimmy now has more than 900 preorders to fill at 125 a pop. He even had to hire seem stress to make them. The first shipment should go out by october. Man its like having a watching it grow up and develop, its been awesome. Reporter it really is amazing. It keeps the baby in a fetal position which is the best for them. An obvious question is is this thing safe . Its like a hammock for a baby. An independent lab tested it to make sure it meets Consumer Product standards and it does. Its been tested by local babies the parents like the fact that the simple design reduces the risk factors for sids and the breathable fabric keeps the baby from overheating which is a major risk factor for sids. We have all information on our website. Kelly, mark, you think hes on to something . Yeah, i think its very exciting to come up with a concept and come theres only one problem, we dont have an adult product. Coming up, Hillary Clinton is shaking up the polls in her favor. Indeed. She cant shake away the david was proud to be an american soldier. And i know im prejudiced because he was my son, but i dont think he had a mean bone in his body. There is not a day that i dont think about david. When i saw donald trump attack another gold star mother, i felt such a sense of outrage. She was standing there, she had nothing to say. If donald trump cannot respect a gold star family, we have an update tonight on a story we told you about last resort restaurant was the son of el chapo, the countrys most notorious drug pin. They were celebrating when heavily armed men stormed in and abducted them. His son was one of nearly a dozen taken. Hillary clinton was reaching out to supporters in philadelphia. The keystone state shows clinton with a 9 point lead over trump. Jennifer shows that lead comes with questions regarding her email scandal. Reporter the campaign is still taking no chances. Starting an effort to register 3 million new voters. Woman when i hear people criticize bill, i think what im not taking anybody anywhee for granted. Reporter a new poll shows clinton ahead bonine points in florida and a Washington Post poll shows her ahead by 14 points in virginia. Her main super park is suspending advertising in virginia, colorado, and denver in september. There are questions about whether she lied about her email server. Today, the committee with all of the notes from her interview with the fbi on july 2nd. As well as other statements by witnesses. A rare move by the agency. The fbi already determined u nan musly that theres insufficient evidence that there was wrongdoing. In a desperate attempt to in the headlines, and divert from trumps sagging poll numbers. Adding that only three of the 30 thousand emails released are in question and that two of those refer to condolence calls to World Leaders that they say were misclassified. Meantime, donal the stage at this Campaign Stop in wisconsin because of the recent protests there. He chose to deliver a more formal address instead of holding a typical rally. His focus was on law and order. Wisconsins another state where trump is struggling in the polls. Take a second to think about the name of your childs school. Think about why it has that name. Yeah, it may be obvious here, like the name of the town or the for one school in tampa, they have no idea. If you recognize James Buchannan, youre a president ial history buff. Evan tried to figure that out. Reporter they wear it proudly. Woman they just told us how important it was to naming the school. Reporter they see it daily. Man have you ever wondered why the school is named after him . Woman thats the president. No, i have no idea. Reporter but the origin of the schools name is as much a mystery to parents and students. Woman i havent really heard much. Reporter as it is to the principal. Do they ask you who the school is named after . Woman jefferson, washington, all the people who signed the constitution. Man we had a great year. First time in 7 years. Were holding in on the b rather than the james. James buchannan of pennsylvania, elected our 18th president is certainly no washington, lincoln, or kennedy. No, james, according to a new book, the worst president ever. His character flaw was mostly that he didnt have an idea of what to do. Its a reputation earned by his support for the fugitive slave act and failure to civil war. He never visited this state. A state that su seeded while he was president stunned those who still manage his home in pennsylvania. Man im amazed that his name has been used for a field like that. Reporter nationwide, we found 29 schools are name ford him. 16 are in counties or towns senator. Six are in districts that mostly name for president s. Five are in his home state of pennsylvania. One in la who is next to lincoln. The only one that defies easy explanation, the one in tampa. Woman from looking at our research and our board minutes, theres nothing that says they named it that. Reporter indeed, the district showed us potter like books that hold the minutes from the meeting that named the school. Theres no reason as to why the board member made the motion as to he also named a school martin van burtan. Woman it seems to follow in line that schools were named for president s or notable figures in history. Reporter henderson died years ago. A president ial history buff. But hes proud his dads mark is felt in unique ways. Man that was a good indication of his dedication to being on the board. Reporter does he deserve the honor, even the author of worst president ever says all 43 deserve to be remembered, even if their values dont hold true today. Man mistakes and not be him. Reporter indeed, buchannan is so written to the back pages of history that hes not symbolic of failure. His name really is just a name. Man i havent seen a change in 25 years. Its still going to be that in ten years from now. Reporter James Buchannan thats right. When i think of him, i think of the school. Sure. First and foremost. Well see how long it lasts. Theres nothing fake about preparing for the worst. Just ahead, a rather unique look at the training that these coming up in just a few minutes at 11 00, troubled media has a new owner tonight after the founder lost the legal fight. The website went up for sale. Well tell you about the new owner and what they paid for it. Red who is trying to decide this time wheo keep the cameras or not. Coming up at 11 00. Thanks. Who are you going to call when something goes terribly wrong . Probably the swat team. Today, theyre doing under water training. Theyre working hard. Tampas Tactical Response team were doing training. Cruisers flipped upside down. Surviving a Helicopter Crash man were surrounded by bodies of water. We have to know how our bodies going to react and how our are going to react. Remember the officers are also carrying weapons and a lot of other equipment. Learning how to maneuver in the water is critical. Whats going on in sports tonight . Well, the buccaneers, the offensive line is a year older and wiser. Highlights of game two . . Eeeeohmumohweh . . Hush my darling. . . Dont fear my darling. . . The lion sleeps tonight. . [snoring. ] . Hush my darling. . [snoring. ] . Dont fear my darling. . . The lion sleeps tonight. . Take the roar out of snore. New tonight. All right, new North Carolina couple is on cloud 9 after making what they called a once in a lifetime discovery. They walked in a local thrift store, spent 0. 25 on a casette tape. Phil has their story. Woman i can remember when i was 7 years old, i told my mom i wanted Michael Jackson to come out of my birthday cake. Reporter she never got that birthday surprise but shell settle what they came across a couple weeks ago. This is a sign. I was like, no way. Reporter unknowingly, they bought a Michael Jackson casette that appears to be autographed by the pop star sensation himself. They found it right here. Its a thrift store that they regularly shop at. Man im not going to be able to leave without this, am i . Woman no. Reporter they were in the music section and noticed the sold for about as low as a price as can you find. Man sitting there for 0. 25, you dont pass that up. Reporter his tenyearold son is a huge michael jab jackson fan. A few days after they bought the casette, they opened it up and there it was. What appears to be an autograph from Michael Jackson himself. I just sat there blinking my eyes because i could not believe that this was sitting directly in front of me. Man as soon as she said its signed, and i saw her reaction, i was like i could feel my heart beat in my neck. Reporter that means its not a print so they got on the internet to compare it to authentic Michael Jackson ou autographs and they believe its real. Man i compared every little detail about how the m is and the little star at the bottom. Woman it doesnt look like a print. Ive seen a lot of prints. It does look real and im super happy for them. Reporter suzanne is a coowner of the thrift store. If you think shes bitter about letting the casette go for jufrt a quarter, think again. Woman my husbands favorite saying is we dont want every reporter is this the coolest moment . Woman yeah. Man this is definitely the best. Id say. Pretty cool. They say they want to get it professionally authenticated about whether or not its real or not. If it is, what a pressure. Certainly is. Before tonights game against san diego, the rays had combined for 20 runs on their last two games. Their offensive potential shining through the last couple of days. Padres rays game two. Bases loaded. Lou gets the show going in the second inning. Nice shot down the third baseline. In the early going. Logan morrison with bases loaded and thats a two rbi double for him. Rays go up 50. Rbi this evening and logan scored off this single to center. Its now 60 rays. Rays starter blake snel with a Strong Performance tonight. Five hits and one run allowed. Gets former ray strike out. Rays were pumping out home runs. Nick, cory, and evan. They all went yard tonight as well. Rays went 151. 15 runs is their highest run total of the season. The buccaneers biggest job is to protect the quarterback. For that reason, they invested if their old line. As kevin reports, that investment is starting to pay off. Reporter the bucks are building off last years accomplishments of their two young draft picks are a year anticipation, you play fafrter and because of that, im able to play faster. Reporter as improved as he was a year ago, this group is having to reinvent itself a bit after losing the guard. His replacement has yet to take one snap in training camp. What the bucks have found is they have plenty of depth. Personal players that can play up and down the line. Man george has done a job of training these guys for different positions. Man if you go through all 32 teams, maybe one or two teams go without an injury on the offensive line. Having quality depth that can play different positions is very important to the success of a team. Reporter the number one objective for an offensive lineman is to block the guy in front of him. To be very successful, it takes one other quality. Man joe. Hes always down field and pushing guys. Hes always trying to get other people to fly out field. Hes been described as a nap. Man i like to play with a passion. I mean, i feel like as a team, as an offense, we feed off good energy on the field and i try to bring that energy with me so other people can feed off it. Reporter this is a group thats playing with confidence. A unit of the team thats no longer a weakness. Theyre a group that can dictate play. A bunch of rookies last year, a lot more veterans this year. Theyre hoping this group will collect and put on a bigger and better show than last year. And now they can hit each other. cynthia children found in a home with no electricity, no working toilet. And they hadnt been to school in years. The address. Right here in tampa. The david was proud to be an american soldier. And i know im prejudiced because he was my son, but i dont think he had a mean bone in his body. When i saw donald trump attack another gold star mother, i felt such a sense of outrage. She was standing there, she had nothing to say. If donald trump cannot respect a gold star family, then why would anyone in america think he would respect them. Pretty great rainbow, isnt it . Beautiful job. East wind, this is our temperature today. Talk about issues, 32 may not feel bad for a while. 92. 94 tampa. 90 at st. Pete. 97 the high today in sarasota. Showers and Thunder Showers were quickly moving across the region today coming from east to west. They did not last lo, rapidly jumped to the west coast. They moved off shore and that was that. Lots of sunshine in the morning, were 82. 89 by the midday. 91 degrees by 4 00. Some quick moving storms. Thats about it. Looks like more than money when they walk away from work. A new survey saying more than 1 5 employees are saving more year with 1 20 choosing not to save anything at all. A good chunk of those savings could go to health care. Couples retiring this year will need about 260,000 to Cover Health Care costs. Thats up 6 percent from last year. Meanwhile, stocks taking a breather from their record run. The dow, the sop 500 all finishing lower tuesday at the closing of all time highs mo investors worrying that an Interest Rate hike coming sooner rather than later even though theyre still near zero. Prices at the Grocery Stores falling in july. On the flip side, if you like to eat out, thats eating a bigger hole in your wallet because hugh hefner has a new landlord the playboy mansion has officially been sold for 100million dollars. The playboy mansion has officially been sold for 100 million. The new owner happens to be hephners neighbor. Maybe his company sounds familiar. Boyarde. Under the terms, hephner can live in the mansion for the rest of his life but he doesnt own it. That is a quite a party. Time now for the 11 00 news. Snowball, all the good stuff. Right now at thats how investigators are describing conditions in a tampa house. Now two adults are facing charges. Man the situation is pretty alarming. So theyve been charged with very serious charges. And tonight, investigators found out about that filthy home, well tell you how they did it and what neighbors are saying about it. A county man could face jail time for killing an alligator he says was bothering his horses. Why hes demanding the charges