Attacking pitbull. Someone had cut the leash on her dog coming up the back way there. Reporter he tells me the incident started moments earlier. Another person came in to steal her generator. He got bit on the bicep and wrist. Reporter deputy bray responded to the dog bite call. Her body camera recorded everything. Hello . [ barking ] reporter suddenly the pitbull attacked. Better stay there, get back. [ growling ] shot my finger off. I just shot my finger. Reporter in trying to fend off the attack deputy bray shot the dog and part of her left ring finger. I dont want to look at it. Reporter bleeding and in pain. Mold on. Get in my car. Lets go. Reporter another deputy put her in his squad car. Why didnt you put him out of his misery . Who lives in this tent in the woods doesnt believe the deputy had to shoot. Her neighbor disagrees. I would say it was the dog or the female deputy. Reporter its important to note that deputy bray has three pitbulls herself, so shes very familiar with th
Ian filling in. Its mild and muggy. Temperatures to start the day about 10 above average. We are at 68 in tampa. 65 in apollo beach. 66 in plant city. That is thanks to a wind direction out of the south and east, 5 to 10 Miles Per Hour. We have seen gusts higher than that. It will be breezy into the afternoon. The forecast High Temperature, 83 degrees. More than half a dozen above average for this time of the year. Max defender8, this morning. That may not be the case later on this week when we track much needed rain chances, more towards thursday. We will talk about those coming up. Looking forward to that. Thank you have each. We ant to get you on he roads. Its quiet with an exception here in st. Pete, an accident with roadblock 28th street north and 41st avenue. This has been here for a while. It should be out of the way soon. We will keep you updated on that. Bay area bridges in the green. Are up to speed. Another update in a couple of minutes. Gayle, gene, over to you. Police are
This mild tuesday morning. Good morning, i january. Ian. Hard to believe we are at the end of november. 68 in tampa. 67 bradenton thanks to the southeasterly wind direction, 5 to 10 Miles Per Hour. Thats what will make things muggy as we head into this afternoon. Warm, too. Forecast High Temperature 83 degrees. Better than half a dozen degrees above average for this max defender 8 had a few sprinkles on it yesterday afternoon. We are tracking much needed shower chances that arrive later in the week. First traffic on the 8s. Its quiet. A great time to get out the door if you can. Taking a look at the veterans, no delays from the van dyke road area all the way in to the Tampa International airport area. Widening out the picture, 275 in through downtown. Still quiet out to west shore and looking good if you are out the door in polk county, i4 is accident and delay free. Breaking news in tampa. Investigators are on the scene of an apparent smashandgrab burglary at a gun store. It happened
Leigh. How is it looking. Mild. It doesnt feel like we are closing in on december. Temperatures about 10 degrees above average. Middle to low 60s in a lot of locations. 66 in clearwater and st. Pete and down in bradenton thanks to the southeast wind. It turns more southerly heading into the afternoon hours. It gets muggy this afternoon. We dont have to worry about the sprinkles we saw around later in the week. The forecast High Temperature, 83. Its better than half a dozen degrees above average nor this time of year, a few degrees shy of the record. Max defender 8 is quiet after a few sprinkles yesterday. A cold front on thursday. That will be the best rain chance through the rest of the workweek. We will talk about that coming up. First we check in on the live look at i75 in the new tampa area. Looking fine. We have an accident to tell you about in eastern Hillsborough County. Mulberry area state road 60 at county line road. Florida Highway Patrol is on scene. All lanes are clear. No
Gatlingburg, tennessee. Take a look. This is gatlingburg where thousands of evacuees are staying in shelters and more than 250 buildings so far burned. Reporter out of control wildfires force thousands to flee. Go, go, go. Reporter some have to drive through the flames to get to safety. Its crazy. Reporter more than a dozen fires threaten the Great Smoky Mountains of eastern tennessee. But instead of mountainside, people feel hot flames and smoke being pushed by strong winds. The power went out. So it was very dark. The smoke was so thick, we couldnt breathe. Our eyes were stinging. So we just grabbed a blanket and took off running. We just watched a building go down in flames to the right of us. And we pulled in front of another building but the firefighter got us. I thank him so much. Reporter the fires damaging or destroying homes and businesses. House. But, you know, thing cans be rebuilt. Its difficult to go out into a community and try to protect and serve others when your own pr