You can see the tire marks on this grass. The man was 81yearold howard witt. This is video we got from a witness who heard the crash and ran outside with her cell phone. At one point, you will see authorities breaking the window to get mr. Witt out of the car. Police responded to the call of a single vehicle crash at u. S. 27 and vine street. Detectives discovered the 81yearold of leesburg had been involved in a road rage incident south of the crash site of the motel. After that incident, witnesses told police he was headed north when he veered into oncoming traffic and crashed into a tree. He was later taken to the hospital where he died. Tonight, this is the tree he crashed into. You can still see shattered because the cause of this crash is still under investigation. If anyone saw something and has not reported it, it there asking that you call Leesburg Police immediately. Summer knowles, wesh 2 news. Meredith two weeks after a man is killed outside his Convenience Store in sanford,
Starts right now. Announcer local, live, latebreaking. Definition. Low cloud cover. Rain is going to be an issue. Let s get to amy sweezey. We re going to talk about the showers. Once we had through the day, we will see a lot less rain. A bit of sunshine will break out later today. It will seem hard to believe. There is a lot of moisture in the air. Our temperatures today will slowly climb. We will make it into the lower 70 s by noon. Into the upper 70 s well above average. Low clouds have been with us all night. Oia recording less than a quartermile. A lot of the area is gray and gloomy. We have lain to deal with. Upper 50 s to the north. 62, melbourne. It is a disturbance that will roll through quickly. Once it pulls away from us, we will see the rain lesson. Lighter showers to the south. A little bit of light rain nine a osceola. Here is your High Temperature for today. Heading to 76 in ocala. 77 our high today in melbourne. Let s get a check on the roads. Ted you will want to leave
High school says a drug, a was found. Principal claims there was no threat to the safety of students. Wesh 2 has accrued headed to the school. Information. Meredith angela from Osceola County Konrad Schafer, the teen charged in two murders, has confessed to the crimes. Schafer was 15 years old when he was arrested, following the executionstyle murder of a 22yearold man, and a driveby killing of another teen. Jim wesh 2 s greg fox was in court for his plea. And greg, this clears a lot of crimes off the books without a trial. Greg it sure does. When he talked about the number of cases one after another, dragging on for years. Instead, family members got to see and hear schafer admit to his brutal crimes. Jon morgan i find that your decision to enter these pleas has been freely and voluntarily greg Konrad Schafer said in open court, he did it, he was behind a string of shootings and robberies, including two that ended the lives of 22yearold Eric Roopnarine at his home, and 17yearold david
In the summer of 2013, it was mayhem as police and deputies were investigating shootings into cars, into homes, and these two murders. Today, here at the courthouse, Konrad Schafer admitted to all of those crimes. Are you entering these pleas of guilty because you are in fact guilty of the crimes you have been accused of . Yes your honor reporter Konrad Schafer finally spoke the words that Pooran Roopnarine waited two and a half years to hear, the teenager admitting that he is responsible for the brutal executionstyle murder of 22yearold eric roopnarine. The state says, schafer and three others conspired to rob and fatally shoot and stab eric inside his poinciana home. Age 18 now, schafer was just 15 when he was arrested. He pleaded guilty to killing roopnarine and, a week earlier, 17yearold David Guerrero of kissimmee. He ll have to serve a minimum mandatory 25 years, and up to it s just hard for me to say anything right now. Reporter roopnarine s father was too upset to talk, but pro
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