Arrested he said his plan was to shoot the officers. He made a statement are you lucky to be alive i put the gun down i heard the shot. Its not my worth my family losing me because of cops. Williams d was arrested. Here he is outside of a squad car. He and his son could face more charges because investigators house inside. Both men are being held at the Pinellas County ill jail. Back to you. Evan, thank you. Lets talk about the tropics, were watching a system that could reach. What do ynk, paul. A threat to i 4 to 5 days. It is nothing is clearcut. We have a development and be a hurricane not concerned about that. It cannot organize at all. It will move west northwest. And approaching the turks and icos. The environment should be more conducive as we head through the the models are all over the place. Showing a hurricane and heading fo texas. And has a weak storm. My a storm going up like this and as i made the model if this was to verify would not be we lindavo today the bay area lost
And its never too early to start preparing. As we keep an eye on the potential for Tropical Weather to head this way. Pinellas county is giving residents a head start on preparation. The county started making sandbags available at noon today. To allow people time to get them before the rains arrive. Sandbags will also be available tomorrow. At three locations john Chestnut Park in palm harbor. Lealman community park. And taylor park. In largo. Dot com. New this morning a driveby shooting. At a home in pasco county. And deputies say one of those bullets. Hit a . Baby girl. It happened just before 1130 last night, in the 73 hundred block of westcott drive. Thats in port richey. Just east of us 19. Fox 13s Shayla Reaves joins us live now from the scene, with more. And shayla the question on everyones mind. How is that tampa police are a 27year force veteran was killed over the weekend. While on . Vacation. Fox 13s evan lambert has more now on master Patrol Officer fred arnold. And tell us
Storm the wettest days in tampa bay will be Late Wednesday and thursday. There is also the threat for coastal flooding during this time. The governor has asked floridians to . Prepare, and make a plan. For People Living in coastal areas, sandbags are a good start. Pinellas county is making them available at noon today. So people can get them . Before the heavy rains start. Theyll also be available . Tomorrow, at three locations. John Chestnut Park in palm harbor. Lealman community park. And taylor park. In largo. Weve posted more details on our website. Fox 13 news dot jen we have a news alert coming into the fox13 newsroom. Pasco deputies are investigating a driveby shooting in port richey. Hurt in this. Is a oneyearold baby. anjuli fox13s Shayla Reaves is on the story for us this morning. anjuli thanks, shayla. jen tampa police are mourning one o a 27year veteran of the force. Was killed over the weekend. While on . Vacation. jen master Patrol Officer fred arnold. Was the kind of guy
No closed captioning is jen new this morning incredible footage from a really bad accident in tampa. Frankly, its amazing anyone could survive this. Around two this morning, someone wrapped their car around a pole on kennedy boulevard. Near westshore plaza. Detectives say the driver hit . Three poles, before coming to a stop. Crews pulled the driver out, and took him to the hospital. No word yet on his police say he was most likely . Intoxicated at the time. New this morning. An elderly man was killed while riding his mobility scooter in new port richey. Police say neville gibbings was crossing massachusetts avenue at peggy mac lane last night. When he traveled in front of a car going west on massachusetts. The vw touareg hit the 79yearold. Gibbings was taken to northbay hospital. But later died. Charges in the crash are pending. jen developing in tampa the search continues for a . Flasher, on the usf campus. This morning, police could be closer to catching him. Thanks to some new pict
Forward speed. Thats when it starts to strengthen. But locally, you see the orange shaded counties, citrus, Hern Hernando and pasco, these are Tropical Storm warnings. In 36 hours these areas could see Tropical Storm force winds. 36 hours out from that. Here is the latest forecast. It came in at 11 00. Stationary which is a problem. It will sit over the warm waters. But eventually it takes the jog to the northeast tomorrow morning it is still well offshore. 50 Miles Per Hour winds at that point. By tomorrow evening, 8 00 p. M. Its still off the shoreline but just barely. So, it looks like late thursday night into the Early Morning hours of friday we will see this making landfall around the big bend as a strong Tropical Storm. It moves into the southern portion of georgia by friday morning then it puts on the gas and moves in the next 24 hours all the way up the southeast coastline and into the look at the winds from the National Hurricane center. See the yellow area . That is where the