St. Pete hotel shooting that put two teens in the hospital. This happened in a room at the Holiday Inn Express on 54th avenue north. Police believe a fight broke out when two uninvited guests showed up to the Birthday Party. Someone started shooting. 18yearold Octavius Brown and Demetrius Crawford were hit. Donald trump and hillary clenton are cementing their spot as frontrunners. Donald trump claimed victory in South Carolinas republican primary. Well have more on that that story on others in a bit. Extra clouds across the southeast along with this storm system but it will take the storm system quite some time to make it here. Ill zoom in and show you, we have patchy clouds around. It is the southeast wind adding more humidity to the atmosphere. A little warmer in tampa at 59. You get into st. Petersburg near the water it is warmer at 63. 55 right now in plant city. I do expect above average temperatures. Im calling for 77. The average is 73, and even warmer tonight with a low of 63.
Police believe a fight broke out when uninvited guests showed up to a birthday party. Someone started shooting. 19yearold Octavius Brown and 17yearold crawford were hit. Republican donald trump and Hillary Clinton are cementing their status as frontrunners. Trump claimed victory in South Carolina republican primary. Welcome to news channel 8 today. Im gayle guyardo. Im gene ramirez. It is going to be another nice day here in the bay area. Lets check in with leigh spann for the details. Kind of spring like. What happens in the spring is we see extra humidity and storm systems coming through. At this point were keeping an eye on one that is well back in texas and it will take its time affecting us. Today, winds from the southeast ahead of the system will allow us to be a little bit warmer when we walk out the door now than what we saw yesterday. In folk county. A little milder than what we expect. 51 in brooksville. Sarasota in at 56 and well hit 77 in the afternoon. That is obviously ab
Are gathering evidence overnight into the early morning. Police report one of the robbers was shot and killed but the other got away. That is who theyre now looking for. The store clerk was not hurt. In our other top stories, we checked and so far no new leads in a st. Pete hotel shooting that put two teens in the hospital. It happened at a room at the Holiday Inn Express on 54th avenue north. A fight broke out when uninvited guests showed up for a birthday party. Two were hit. Republican donald trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton are sentimenting their status as cementing their status as frontrunners. Trump claimed victory in south carolinas republican primary. Well have more on that story and others in a minute. Lets check on the weather with leigh. It is mild out ahead of a big it will take its sweet time getting here. In the meantime, a few patchy clouds, southeast wind. It is 62 in tampa. Cooler in zephyr hills. Well end up getting to 77 degrees today with increasing humidity. Of c
Now. It was the store clerk who fired that deadly shot. Reporter thats right. We got that information confirmed this morning. Investigators say it was around 11 00 last night that the two men came in armed attempting to rob this place, what they also armed. Let me show you something. Some of the damage left behind from some of this. We got a tour of the store now. This is some of the ricochet much shattered. The shopkeeper has been cleaning up this morning trying to get it together. Throughout the morning weve also spoken to a number of Business Owners in this area and they say that this incident should serve as a major warning to crooks. Its been a body shop for 60 years. Im born and raised here, my dad owned the shop on 15th and lake for 30 years. Im from this area. Reporter Joseph Quintana takes pride in his ybor city body shop. His property and those who work here. We kind of keep gates in the front and dogs at night, alarm and, you never know. Reporter turns out that is smart. Sun
Tampa police say the two men tried to rob the cut rate liquor store on north 15th street late sunday night. That is when the pair exchanged gunfire with the clerk that shot and killed one of the suspects. The clerk himself was not hurt. The other man took off. Were still working to get a description of him. This photo just in from tampa police of a driver being cited after officers say that person drove drunk and the wrong way up an i4 exit ramp. An officer on patrol saw this car trying to drive west on the 50th street exit ramp toward eastbound traffic when the officer pulled the driver over, the officer says the driver was impaired. The driver only received a citation at this time. Listen to the bizarre circumstances that left a man dead in trinity. Florida Highway Patrol says a car side swiped an suv last night. Both drivers pulled over on opposite sides of the street. The driver of the car got out, began screaming and throwing beer bottles at the people in the suv, walked over to t