Moments before, a fight broke out and one man tried to make a run for it. Paul mueller picks up the story from there. Reporter now the suspect ran across the street, got into the car and tried to make a u turn. And at one point, people started banging on the car, he hit a victim and plowed through the bar. It was really chaotic. Happened really fast. It was like the blink of an eye. Reporter witnessed watched it unfold, remembering the crowd an car. It just became a riot. Reporter police trying to sort it out. Someone was injured and he left the scene. Theres property damage, somebody injured, thats serious. Reporter the bar is known for the military decor. One of the owners have served the country for four decades. Ybor is a community here. We do pull together. We are used to good type of business here. This nature. Reporter and tampa police are combing through Surveillance Video in their investigation. In ybor city, paul mueller, news channel 8. And a little girl is in the hospital r
Sort out the details, they know a few things for sure. Some he was injured and he left the scene. That is serious. Reporter longterm patrons left in shock. Like emotionally, you know there was emotion behind it because you never want to see that happened. Reporter the bar is known for military decor, walls covered with camouflage. One of its own is retired country. Ybor city is not a bar district, its a community here. We do pull together. We are used to a good type of business here and you hate to see damage of this nature. Reporter the repairs have already been made as you can see. The bar is already back open for business. Paul, lets sort this out. Did the guy intentionally drive into the building or do we think he was specifically targeting the guy he hit . Reporter Police Confirmed to me tonight that he did not intentionally hit the building. Did he had that guy on purpose . At least for now, that is under investigation. And they are still looking for him but they know who they ar
A crashed a popular ybor city bar and now police are looking for the driver who took off after the crash. Break it down for us, how did this all happen . Reporter good evening to you. Police officers tell me that even they have had to watch Surveillance Video to figure out exactly what happened but witnesses say a fight broke out and moments before, into this building a and a man ran across the street and got into his car but this is as far as his car got. Witnesses say there was a crowd, there was shouting and then a fight early this evening outside bad monkey. It was really chaotic. It happened really fast. It was like a blink of an eye. Reporter the driver of this car, now i suspect, tried to leave after the fight broke out. He somehow managed to run his car into the building after power pole. He was trying to do a uturn and was not successful. At one point, he hit the gas and ended up injuring someone and driving into a bar. Reporter earlier this morning, some called the act intent
All new at 11 00 symbols of hate sketched on a church sidewalk in the tampa bay area. Why the pastor wants the person who did it to come back to the church this weekend. Good evening. Im wendy ryan. Also said maga standing for make America Great again. This is one of many similar hate crimes that has spiked over the last week. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center more than 400 cases have been reported of harassment nationwide since the election. The st. Pete pastor wants to use this as a teachable moment. Michael. Reporter jamison, the in the entrance leading into their church in chalk so they were easily cleaned up but that doesnt mean that members of this congregation arent fearful tonight. 300 people, mostly lgbtq, call this church home. Their sign out front sums up how they feet. Love one another, please. It heightens the level of anxiety in the congregation i think. People are frightened by this sort of thing. And i think reporter on monday she found swastikas, the letters
Person is in custody. The suspect was driving away in a black vehicle. They are not sure of his motive, they do not believe he had a reason to target the detective. They believe that he wanted to kill a Police Officer. Another ambush in st. Louis but the officer survived and Police Killed the man suspected of shooting him. Last night the officer was in his car sitting in traffic in the middle of a street. The driver pulled o fire hitting him in the face a few hours left spotted the suspect chased him and the suspect shot at them they fired back, killing the suspect. He may be responsible for a murder, rob robberies in st. Louis. Now to florida. Lee county where an officer was ambushed he sat in this car. A Police Officer was filling out vehicle drove past and fired shots hitting him in the shoulder. They tracked him to his home where they exchanged gunfire. He is well known to police in it is not sure why he shot at the Police Officer. To missouri the fourth shooting in the last 24 hou