Short while ago as you mentioned. And hillsborough deputies are still here on the scene investigating the deputy involved shooting that happened off of florida avenue. Last night, the Sheriffs Office received a call about a man shouting and waiving a gun around at the Windwood Oaks apartments. When deputies arrived, they tried to talk to the man through the cruiser speakers but when he still would not put the gun down and approached them, he ended up being shot several times. We had a subject with a gun and they were in fear of their safety and the safety of others. In fact, they were concerned that he may go into another apartment and take hostages. But his direction of threats was at our personnel, and like i said, he pointed the gun at them and advanced in their direction at which time they felt they had no other choice. Reporter but the man who was shot and killed as been complex. In the meantime, no deputies were injured during this confrontation. But they have been put on adminis
Josh, what can you tell us about what led up to the shooting . Reporter well, it was a man not responding to deputies in to do. Now Hillsborough County deputies are still on the scene of the shooting that happened last night off of florida avenue. This all start when had the Sheriffs Office received a call about a man shouting and waiving a gun around at the apartment complex. And now when they arrived, they saw the man who has now been identified as 27yearold jeffrey casale. And he did die at the hospital just a short while ago. They tried talking to him through the pa system on the cruisers as they tried to deescalate the situation. He had some dialogue with them. It was very aggressive and confrontational. They kept asking him to drop the gun. He refused to and pointed it directly at them and advanced in their direction at which time they were in fear of their reporter now we are told that casale did live at this apartment complex. He was shot several times and he died just a short
Ntsb says lowering the limits to 0. 05 is one step to stop drunk drivers and tonight is a debate were hearing already has mixed reviews. Grabbing a drink or two after work is common for some, but recent ntsb recommendations to lower the legal limit could change the amount of alcohol people drink before getting behind the wheel. I dont see any real benefit there. I dont believe it is going to make much difference going from 0. 08 to 0. 05. For social drinkers like james and john, they say its easy to grab an uber or designated driver. One or two beers shouldnt be an issue. It should be left to the doctors and not the transportation board. For the family of Lisa Hastings the debate is a personal story. Hastings was 22 years old when she was killed by a drunk driver on route 128 while on her mother, karen, says she supports lowering the limit because every little step can help. Something has to be done. It happens every day. And when it hits home, its bad. These are peoples lives. They lo
Not knowing. Jonathan a family searching for answers after a mother of two goes missing. Where she was last seen and where the search will pick up today. Also, temperatures back on the rise for the weekend. Enjoy it while it lasts. Meteorologist Jennifer Schack will tell us what well see today. And talk about the Winter Weather on the horizon. Its saturday, february 6, 2016. This is news 5 today. [captioning made possible by wlwttv] jonathan good morning. Welcome to news 5 today. Thanks for joining us on this saturday morning. Hope yours is going well so far. Im jonathan hawgood. This is meteorologist Jennifer Schack. Hello. Jennifer good. Good morning. I said good. You didnt ask how i was. I said hi. Jonathan its one of the things you flow with. Normal conversation. Jennifer doing well, and pretty good outside this morning. Temperatures not as cold as jonathan i walked out with the dog this morning. Not bad. Jennifer did you wear a coat today . Jonathan no. Jennifer you usually dont w
Flurry exiting wednesday. Jonathan just in, emergency crews are on the scene of an Apartment Fire in evanston. It started in the 1800 block of fairfax avenue, just before 4 00 this morning. When crews arrived, the fire had spread to the attic. Extra crews had to be called in to get the flames under control. We have a crew headed to the scene. Well bring you more as it becomes available. Its tearing me down. Its literally killing me. Were lost for words. We dont know what to do. Jonathan the search will continue this morning for a Pendleton County mother who was last seen almost a week ago. The family of tera turner says she was with a friend sunday. He claims to have dropped tera off near the california marketplace along the aa highway. Teras father says she hasnt been in contact with her children or anyone in the family. Her phone has had no activity since she disappeared, which is shes on her phone every day. Every day. Weve got a lot of family members involved in it. A lot of them a