We start tonight in polk county with the sheriff there who says it only took about 30 minutes for this man to put a lot of lives in danger. His name is thomas vice, and hes accused of opening fire twice. First during a fit of road rage, and the second time shooting into his exgirlfriend home. Fox 13s aaron mesmer joins us live. Thomas invite was armed and angry and headed here to nabl in lakeland. First maybe shot towards another car and the sheriff says its a miracle that no one was kimmed. Thomas vice describes himself on facebook with one line. When things go wrong, im the guy they blame. Vice is blamed for doing something so wrong he nearly killed sefrm people. He needs to be in prison. Hes danger just. The polk county sheriff says hes upset because his girlfriend he dated for a few months break up with up. Hes going to northwest lakeland out here kathleen to shoot up the house. Something else happened first. Investigators say vice was driving down u. S. 98 in a silver hyundai hatc
Guy they blame. Vice is blamed for doing something so wrong he nearly killed sefrm people. He needs to be in prison. Hes danger just. The polk county sheriff says he was angry over the weekend. Hes upset because his girlfriend he dated for a few months break up with up. Hes going to northwest lakeland out here kathleen to shoot up the house. Something else happened first. Investigators say vice was hyundai hatchback like this on his facebook page. He began to tailgate another driver who flipped himz off. When the driver stopped at the light at highway 540. Thomas vice is pointing a gun at him. The light turns green and he shoots at our victim sever times, fortunately missing the victim and his wife. Reporter the sheriff said vice kept going and drove thomas vice shows up his exgirlfriends house and shoots multiple times into the house occupied by a 2 and 5yearold child and two adults. Reporter deputies were already looking for him him afr the road rage incident. They pulled him over in
Afternoon. A deadly accident on interstate 4 thats causing big traffic problems for you this afternoon. Lets send it to paul in eagle 8 hd. He has the latest, paul . Reporter good news, i can tell you at least two of the eastbound lanes of i4 have been opened. Now, where this accident is, let me set the stage for you, its between dr. Martin luther king jr. Boulevard and the 301 exit. Almost to the fairgrounds. And if i push in, it involves investigators are scouring over trying to figure out what happened. And if i move the camera up this way, and this white semi truck. The front right side of the semitruck is bashed up. The two must have collided at some point. But right now, its a fatal accident. So there is an investigation ongoing. Two lanes of the road are open. But its very a very slow go through out of downtown, really slow as they investigate thank you for the update. A Young Bradenton girl was attacked and robbed on the way to the bus stop. Reporter good afternoon, the 16yearo
The first president ial debate is now less than a week away and both candidates are gearing up for trump made another stop in our state monday. He headlined a rally in lee county. Praising the Law Enforcement officers who investigated the bombings in new york and new jersey. And the attack at the mall in minnesota. Hillary clinton took her message to millennial voters in philadelphia. She told them she has the experience to fight terror. Recent polls show the candidates are now in a virtual . Tie. Back here in the bay area two familiar faces went headtohead last night. Jolly. And former florida governor, charlie christ. Theyre both running for floridas 13th Congressional District. Jolly is the incumbent republican. Taking on crist, the democratic candidate. They squaredoff in their first debate last night, in front of a packed house at st. Petersburg colleges palladium theater. The debate covered everything from zika to minimum wage to medical marijuana. But the most Heated Exchange wa
Thunderstorm there, in fact you will see thunderstorms out on the lake. And it is going to be choppy there with winds out of the south at about 15 knots. When can we shut off the rain . Maureen, it will eventually, but not today. Thanks for that update. Now to our top story we have been following. The man, suspected of being on drugs whether he hit and killed a state trooper on i90 is scheduled to be in court this morning. Meanwhile, his family, his friends and people who dont even know him are tribute. Channel 3s Alyssa Raymond joins us with a look at how trooper Kenneth Veliz is being remembered. Reporter good morning maureen, velizs family and friends say he was an amazing person and questions catted to his job. No one probably knew this better than the ones who looked up on to him most, his three children. His youngest son, Christian Veliz plays football for his team last night as a trib beauty to his dad. Off the field fans from both teams showed support for the family with blue.