Down the sidewalk, winding up at city hall just behind us here and calm of speakers and a couple of speakers will then address the crowd about what theyve been seeing over the past year. This this past year alone, about 300 people who identify as transgender have been killed. 26 of those right here in the u. S. The vast majority of those were women of color. With the spike in hate crimes nation wild recently this group is hoping to promote a message of peace, understanding and acceptance and again this is going to be st join and listen to the message they have here tonight. Certainly they hopes this something that will continue long into the weeks and months ahead. To see those trends go on the downward trend to see less of this kind of crime happening. Reporting live here in st. Petersburg, kera mashek, abc action news. Thank you. Meanwhile antitrump marches are continuing almost now two weeks after donald trump became the president elect and here saturday. Anxiety continues to grow a
Lots to get to tonight, but first temperatures are dropping a cross the bay area. To meteorologist mike bennett. Hey, mike. Mike the coldest night of the season. 58 in tampa. 59 in brandon. 59 in wauchula. 59 in bartow and we will continue to see the temperatures plummet now that the sun has set. To. 13 degrees cooler in tampa 16 cooler inland and 18 degrees cooler frostproof. A cooler night. As we head throughout evening hours we will continue to see the temperatures drop. By 11 00, 51 and we dont stop there. A look at the forecast lows for tonight, 44 here in tampa. The coldest temperature in nine months. To the north closing in on that certainly you will want to wrap up as you head out tomorrow morning. It is going to be pretty chilly out there. Not the only cold morning to talk about in the sevenday. Details on that coming up in just a bit. A news alert tonight out of san antonio, texas. Authorities there say detective Benjamin Marconi was shot and killed while writing a traffic ti
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With dave. A developing story across the country this morning . Several Police Officers were . Ambushed over the weekend. Three. On sunday alone. Including one in st. Louis. The 46 year old officer was targeted while he sat in his cruiser last night. He was sitting in traffic when a car pulled up, and the other he was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, but hes expected to survive. Officers has been out all night searching for the shooter using helicopter patrols and swat teams. They believe he was driving a silver vehicle. Detectives are also going over traffic and surveillance cameras. The officer is a 20 year veteran, with three children. And earlier on sunday . Another officer was shot and killed. This time in san antonio, texas. Police say 50 year old detective Benjamin Marconi was writing a someone executed him. The officer was pulled over, when another car pulled up behind him. That driver then walked up and shot the officers window. Hitting him twice in the head. The
The couple . Did file a police report, mainly because the letter writer knew . Personal details about them. Like . When they take the trash out every week. And when they turn the porch lights off. St pete police are . Not treating it as a hate crime, because no actual threat was made. Tolerance was on display last night in st. Petersburg. They held a candlelight vigil and march to support the Transgender Community and honor those killed in antitransgender violence. Sunday was National Transgender day of remembrance. Transgender advocates hope that acceptance will continue to grow as more events like this one bring more awareness to their community between october 2015 and between october 2015 and september of this year. Almost three . Hundred transgender people were reported murdered worldwide. 26 of them here in the united states. Carnival cruiselines is finally bringing its newest and . Largest ship to florida this week. The carnival vista will do cruises out of miami, starting next