Lot of ways. Cloudy out there. Right now, temperatures very mild across Central Florida. 54 degrees in orlando and over lake eola we see a temperature increase of 20 degrees until 3 00 this afternoon. 46 in ocala, 54 in orlando, 52 in Daytona Beach, and a lot of cloud cover out there. We can see these clouds streaming overhead. Cloud cover is going to keep it from getting as warm as initially expected. We are forecasting the mid70 s for our high today. Above normal for the time of year. Clouds picking up throughout the middle morning hours. Midmorning hours. The rest of the weekend is going alex happening today, the suspect accused of firing at Sanford Police in a dramatic shootout will answer to a judge. He is facing a slew of charges, including attempted homicide. Police responded to a call of a suspicious man with a gun on 1792. Smith pulled out a gun and started firing. An officer shot back. A bystander was caught in the crossfire and so were some trucks. Damage. And did their inve
Is not going to ruin anybody s weekend. Still holding into the mid50 s out there, that is actually the good news. We see 46 up in ocala. That seems reasonable. We have 56 in melbourne and 55 in winter haven. The story today is going to be the cloud deck. Warmer than typical weather pattern in place for monday, tuesday, wednesday as well. We are going to get some breaks in the cloud deck here and there. It is not going to all be a cloudy set up but partly to mostly cloudy skies. High temperatures into the middle 70 s. There is no rain in the forecast. Showers, possibly storms, in the sevenday forecast. Firing at Sanford Police in a dramatic shootout will answer to a judge. Roshad smith is facing a judge it slew of charges. Police responded to a call of a suspicious man with a gun. There was a chase and officers say smith pulled out a gun and started firing. An officer shot back and a bystander was caught in a bystander. Crossfire. You can see the bullet holes. Tape from where the office
Ll tell you why coming up. But first, let s get over to first alert meteorologist amy sweezey with a look at the forecast. Amy the sun will come back today. It will not be total, blue sky sunshine. It will look a little grey at first. Once the dry air moves in, it will not aside our cloud cover. We will then have mostly sunny skies great it will bring our temperatures up, even warmer than yesterday. We are heading into the upper 70 s, even 80 s. I m not seeing a lot of fogginess on her visibility map. Over the next two hours, we may see some low cloudiness going on. 54 degrees at the palm coast right now. 51 in leesburg and sanford. 50 degrees daytona beach. 52 in orlando and melbourne. Some small, hit and miss showers may be happening. Overall, not much rain going on. There is a little bit. Most of the bigger rain is off to our south. That is where it will stay today. 79 will be our high in ocala and the villages. We would hit 80 in orlando and winter park. Up and down the coast, it w
Killing a horse. This was in the French Landing near orange city, where four people were riding horses. One of the riders was upset todd raced down the road so close to the horses. Todd got into an argument with the horseback riders, and then intentionally drove at the group, hitting and killing a horse, and injuring a rider, who suffered a broken collar bone. The 22yearold was arrested 30 miles from the scene, with horse hair stuck in the grill of his fullsize pickup. He entered the plea this morning, just as his trial was set to begin. His felony charges include aggravated battery with a motor vehicle, killing of a horse, and leaving the scene of a crash with injury. He could now face up to 35 years in prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Jason and michelle, back to you. Jason right, thank you. Thank you. Just into the wesh 2 newsroom. We re learning a clermont day care director has been arrested for child abuse. Slammed. Wesh 2 s Jazmin Walker is in with a look. Jazmin .
See from the backyard. And just before christmas, that all went away. Dan at 5 00, we will look into the Divorce Proceedings and some of the allegations contained in the divorce papers, including a request for a restraining order. Summer the director of a clermont Daycare Center is in jail on charges of child abuse. Disturbing video reportedly director of children s palace day case center, allegedly hitting the child and dropping him from the air. It was all caught on video by a concerned employee. Wesh 2 Michelle Meredith is live outside the Daycare Center, and michelle, is the Daycare Center open today . Michelle the Daycare Center, talked into the corner of this plaza is closed today, but people have been open when it comes to the reaction of her arrest. The video you are about the see is disturbing. The director of the Daycare Center first hitting the fouryearold boy with her hands and stuffed animals. Next, she picks the child up, lifts him about three feet into the air and drops