Weather on the way and the rolex 24 forecast moments away. Meredith if you are like me and stuck in some traffic on i4 just after 2 00 this afternoon. It was because of a nasty wreck at the fairbanks curve. It happened just before 2 00 in the westbound lanes. Traffic quickly backed up to state road 414, as the left two lanes were blocked. Right now there s no word on any injuries or how it happened. The road has since reopened. It s an unfortunate incident and we all know it was wrong. ,stewart Marion County sheriff chris blair speaking out today, after seeing a video of his own deputies, beating and kicking a man. Just yesterday, the news broke that federal civil rights charges had been filed against some of those involved. Meredith wesh 2 S Dave Mcdaniel was at the press conference where the sheriff defended his agency, and his own actions. Dave . Dave the sheriff stressed that every use of force is automatically reviewed. And if policy s not followed, it s addressed. And in this cas
Central florida. Most of the rain stays north until the afternoon. Upper 60 s to around 70 is another warm start. 68 in orlando. We will climb today before the rain arrives cooler spots are ones that get rain earlier. We waited to the mid 80 s farther south where the rain is late to arrive. But it over to ted noah. Ted trouble right now in the orlando area just before goldenrod. A crash on bates road where a car actually struck a poll. There are some Power Outages in the area. If you are driving in the track the lights are flashing, treated as a for waste. Bates is blocked off. You stratford boulevard. Northbound lane on goldenrod s block. Use forsythe or cimmaron as your ultimate. I4 in the princeton street area. Wrapping up i4 ultimate. A rightleaning still blocked. On the 408, we are faced to the east. That is a left lane blocked by obt. Jason latebreaking in Marion County, a deputy is recovering after a shootout outside a gas station. Michelle detective say a suspect had two guns w
Michelle i we ll have a live report on the deputy shooting in just a minute. Starting off warm. Later. We have lain on the way. It will start to spread into the the south. The most of us will get rain between 3 00 p. M. Tonight. Will die down. For now, the front is pushing to the south. As we head through the day, it eventually, it will exit our area over the next day, 18 to 24 hours. A lot of cloud cover. Temperatures in the upper 60 s. Through thursday, cooler to the north. Much warmer to the south where the rain will not arrive until later in the day. 84, melbourne. Futurecast, we will talk about the timing of the rain and storms. Ted a power outage here. It is just north of 50. Cleaning up an accident. Nothing is blocking. Plan, said moran boulevard. West at similar in semoran boulevard. The big stretch from the dean road toll plaza to i4 is nine short minutes. Jason late breaking, a Marion County sheriff s deputy is recovering after being hurt in a gas station shootout. Michelle d
Sheriffs s office is confirming the man involved with the Convenience Store did in fact evening. Witnesses tell us the man had a couple of guns with him and they minutes trying to get that man to put the guns down. It did not happen. Video from a witness shows the man now identified as chris three pulling the gun on himself. Witnesses say the guy has begun to his head, saying go ahead shoot me. The cops were doing their best to talk them out of it. He shot first rounds. I don t know if that was the one that hit the officer. After that, they shot him. They were Sergeant Daniel trammell was shot in the leg. He has been released and is at home recovering. Christian debris know was he was rushed to the hospital but did not survive. Deputies tried to negotiate with him. Is a shame that it all happened. The cops game him gave him plenty of time and try to work with him. They did the job. The devonte Law Enforcement is investigating, standard in cases where deputies are involved in a shooting
I used to live in that complex right there. Cedar creek, i used to live upstairs, then downstairs. But that was years ago, but crime wasn t like it is now. You know times have changed , times have changed. Michelle does it concern you . Yes it does it does. Michelle we don t know why the car took off or if the four men will be charged. We know that opd is the lead agency in this case. Michelle meredith, wesh 2 news. Jim rain is starting to spread across much of Central Florida right now, just in time for the peak of the evening commute for thousands of drivers. Bob kealing sent us this video of a downtown downpour. It could be several hours before this clears out. Angela Tony Mainolfi is tracking the rain outside the studios. Tony it is not very pretty right now. We have a couple downpours in town. The heavy stuff is north and west of orlando, but not be fooled. That will march deadly downtown in the next four 45 minutes. Flagler county, volusia county, Daytona Beach will be in the hea