Developing this morning, out of manatee county, a deputy shoots and kills a man who he says charged at him with a knife. The sheriff says it all started when deputies responded to a fight at a home on bookelia circle in bradenton. A woman called 9 11 to say her husband 50 year old Marc Stoddart had been drinking and threatening to hurt them both with a knife. The sheriff says when deputies got there the man had cut his wrists and was standing outside holding the knife. The deputies reportedly told the man to drop it but they say he charged forward and was shot and killed. The deputy who fired his weapon is on leave while the shooting is under investigation. Developing out of st. Petersburg, a 4 year off a shot thankfully, no one was hurt. Police say the boy had been playing outside a home on yale street south when he chased a cat under the house. Hidden in a crawl space the boy found a revolver. He took it onto the porch and fired one round into the ground. The boys family says the gun
The fbi warns every parent needs to be on alert terrorists are now using social media and computers to recruit children. 10 News Reporter Courtney Robinson spoke oneonone with the fbi about this very real threat. Its a story youll see only on 10 news. The propaganda videos are out there. The tweets, too. Violent extremist groups like isis are trolling social media to recruit, groom and radicalize your children. 2004 ultimately they want to name of their mission 2008 and typically that is targeting and murdering or killing innocent bystanders 15 the fbi says its happening all across the country including florida. Theyve had to intervene in several cases where children have been radicalized and parents had no idea. 1523 52 you can think your child is home and hes in his room or her room special agent dave couvetier gave us an inside look at the fbis new program dont be a puppet. Just like violent extremists the target audience teenagers. 1523 40 do parents really need to worry about thei
Accused of pulling the trigger sits in a jail cell this morning. A community is stunned. Many gathered for a Church Service to honor the innocent lives lost. Investigators say 45yearold Jason Daltons crime spree lasted 4 hours and spread across an apartment complex, a car dealership and a restaurant. Dalton is an uber driver who passed the companys background check. Now, passengers are coming forward with their experiences of sitting in the backseat of his car just hours before he allegedly went on a killing rampage. He was leaving a bar. They say he surrendered without a fight. Hes due in court this afternoon. A disturbing crime alert in pinellas county. Two men arrested, accused of baiting and fighting animals. Deputies say the men basically implicated themselves by recording the fight and posting it to social media. 10 News Reporter Jonathan Petramala spoke with one of the men who says hes innocent. A vicious video that went viral. A pit bull struggling to get its jaws around this c
Youve probably before where a driver cuts you off on the road. And you but a riverview couples roadrage certainly took a terrifying turn. Fire on their commute on us 41 this is the area desoto bridge in palmetto. Now, the couple tells 10News Reporter Kendra Conlon theyre grateful they werent killed and shooters behind bars. Chris and tami tell me it all happened so fast. Couple says another driver cut them off nearly running into them. They admit they confronted him. Never imagining theyd wind up dodging bullets on their way to work. Tami says all she could think about was making it home safe to their five kids ages 7 to 14. The car is now in pieces after bullets hit the side of the camero, exhaust and tire. The couple called 911 and met police at a nearby gas station. A short time later a deputy spotted accused shooter Arlan Osborne and arrested him. Chris and tami are holding each other a little tighter. Knowing theyll never handle another road rage run in the same again. In palmetto
Truck drivers. For a fellow driver killed earlier this month. It stretched nearly half of the length of the Howard Franklin bridge. 10 News Reporter Jonathan Petramala talked with drivers and the victims family members who hope the drive will help send a powerful message. A show of respect as far as you can see around one hundred tow Truck Drivers passing by the spot where Roger Perez Borrotto was killed by a hit and run driver earlier this month. The ride for roger also itself, a moving message. 36 year old Allison Huffman has a history of dangerous driving including three dui arrests. While scene of a crash involving a death, the focus of family today was on the lives saved by borrotto while he was supposed to be off the clock and finished for the day something each one of these drivers face everytime they hit the road to help in tampa, Jonathan Petramala, 10 news huffman remains in jail. On a 375 thousand dollar bond out of hillsborough county. New overnight. A fire breaks out at a