Highway patrol searching for the driver hit and killed a 17yearold high school student. Ashley perdomo was walking on hillsborough avenue when she was hit last night near blue springs drive. He driver did not stop. Ashley was a senior Hillsborough High School who grief counselors at the hig school today to help teachers and students anyone with information about the hitandrun should call crime stoppers. In student was hit by car this morning. And critically injured. This happened around 6 30 p. M. At congress ridge road in port richie Sheriffs Office is 13yearold Gabriel Rodriguez ran across the street right into the path of an oncoming car. E is hospitalized in Critical Condition. The driver was not charged. Deputies arrested one man looking for another in connection with a violent Home Invasion. Deputy say richard can another man knocked in a womans when she answered the pointed a gun at her and demanded her car keys. Deputies later spotted them in the stolen lexus gave chase. They s
Into downtown tampa. This was taken about 3 30 this morning right after this fatal crash involving a motorcycle. Westbound lanes are blocked to southbound 275. This is right at the junction to get into downtown tampa. So a very busy area for the morning commute. Traffic still light right now, although we are starting to see some backup. You can see it here on this camera. These cars right here trying to head westbound into tampa on i4 getting turned and having to go northbound on 275. So heres the backup right there. You can see northbound having to take mlk back down to florida avenue to get into the downtown area. You can also consider taking the connecter and the expressway if you are trying to get into downtown tampa. Were also following another serious crash in polk county, this one at county line road south of u. S. 92. Fhp asking drivers to avoid that area, as well. We also have some closures going on today in downtown tampa. I posted a lot of that information on twitter so make
Having to get off at mlk and take florida back around. You can also consider taking the connecter to the expressway and take that into downtown if that is where you are going. Take a look at this. The average speed right now, 17 miles an hour to get from 75 to 275. The good news, the other interstates looking great. 75 southbound in the green, and 275 over in pinellas. 68 the average speed there. All right. Well check your forecast, n 70s. 60s, as well. Still do, in fact. Most of us in the 70s, and were all going to warm up. Once again, higher humidity this afternoon so that 88 will feel more like 92 through the afternoon. Just some spotty showers. 10 rain chance. That would be about it. Then increasing rain chances coming up for the weekend. Well future cast that out for you in just a few minutes. Thanks, ivan. Time now is 6 01. Toll road over gandy boulevard. Take a look. This is what gandy boulevard in tampa looks like right now. This is what the elevated lane would look like leadin
This crime together and there is a whole lot of work to be done. All of this began a few blocks down the road from here where the victim and shooter apparently exchanged some words. I want you to look at some video from a short time ago, all this coming to a head right outside the Shopping Center right here again during rush hour. Two cars stopped in traffic, one in front, the other in the back. The guy in the front car gets out, exchanges words with the guy that guy then shot and killed him. Then get this. The shooter pulls off the road and waits for deputies to arrive. Now while investigators work to dot their as and cross their ts they have a lot of witnesses to talk with including dot their is and cross their ts they have a lot of witnesses to talk with including the shooter. Three or four quick shots, were all sitting here like everybody going nuts. People go out, help him, you know. He was already gone by the time people went and helped him. Reporter the investigation is very ear
Hillsborough bay to downtown tampa. Thankfully this will not likely last too long. Temps are mild this morning. Were in the low to mid70s, 72 for clearwater and lakeland, 75 in tampa, and 70 up toward inverness. Temperatures going to stay above average. We should normally be at 85. But well hit 87 this afternoon. That will change long tomorrow. Well have the full 8day forecast coming up in a few minutes. Melissa . Thank you, ed were following breaking morning. Two policeinvolved shootings overnight a. San Francisco Police officer was shot and injured friday night, prompting a massive man hunt before the suspect was taken into custody. That officer is expected to survive. in dallas, a shoot out left a suspect dead and another officer injured. Police say the officer intervened during a neighborhood shooting when someone fired at him. The suspect died at the hospital. The officer is expected to be okay. Right now, Clearwater Police are investigating a shooting. A man was taken to the hosp