Right now at downtown tampa. Good sunday morning to you. Im paul mueller in for candace this morning. We want to get you out the door this morning to get your sunday activities on so we head to head. Reporter good morning. Any out door activities you have, the weather is picture perfect. Just a gorgeous shot from land o lakeses. 78 degrees for your current temperature there. s clearwater. Seventyeight for brooksville. Weve had one lone shower sitting just offshore of Anna Maria Island there. The lightning is gone but still getting a few clouds from that. Notice through the middle of the day, not much activity coming our way. By the afternoon, we could see a few pop up showers and thunderstorms. But it will be steamy at 90 degrees. Right now, deputies are investigating an Early Morning shooting happening just before 3 00 this morning on gandy boulevard north between waterford and oak street. Deputies tell us one person was shot. At this hour, no word on the victims condition. Theres the
Devastated. It was too difficult for his brother to talk. Instead of a party for his 32nd birthday, they held a candlelight vigil. You got to find some kind of positive way to grieve. People say hed give the shirt off his back. Hed give you his life. Reporter jordan was an aspiring rapper known by everyone as jay green. The shooter was identified as derek denard. He is cooperating and not charged. News channel 8 went to his house. No one answered the claiming selfdefense. The other person involved in the. Thing, we interview involved in the shooting, we interviewed him the other night and recovered some evidence from him. Hes been very cooperative. We consulted the state attorneys office. Reporter friends say it was a senseless shooting and a life taken too soon. Its hard on everybody. You know what im saying . Green, he had an effect everybodys life. Reporter police are looking for more witnesses to theyre looking at all the facts and evidence in this case before deciding whether or n
69degrees in dade city. 71 in bartow and lakeland. 69 in inverness. Theres one area of rain still left out there just off of the west coast of pasco county but i left in a 20 rain chance because i think theres these small showers near the shore. In the morning hours. As the day goes on, the coverage of rain gets better. By lunchtime through 6 00 p. M. And the storms will head east of 75 and afternoon high right around 89 degrees. Coming up at 5 38 though, an eightday temperature trend in weatan where we trend cooler. So stay tuned for that. But leslee lacey keeping an eye on very interesting. Hopefully its okay. This person walking on the Howard Frankland bridge southbound, he has walked out of the camera range. So we cant see him anymore but fhp tells me that they are headed out there and theyll make sure everything is safe. But we can no longer see him. If youre driving on the Howard Frankland bridge, just methods up here, southbound just a heads up here, southbound. This is where is
Welcome to news channel 8 today. Im im Miles Per Hour im gene ramirez. And im gayle guyardo. We did have the strong storms yesterday, even early this morning, we had lightning in the northern portion of Pinellas County. And thats since dissipated and theres one shower off pascos coast which is why i left in a 20 chance for showers near the coast this morning. Most of you will be dry. And as the day goes on, the coverage of rain gets better, about 30 between noon and 6 00. And most 60 the rain will be as gayle mentioned, temperatures are cooler this morning. Auburndale, 68 degrees. 67 in zephyrhills. 71 in fish hawk. And 68 degrees in inverness. Afternoon high today just above average at 89 degrees. And now at 5 08 in weather and traffic on the 8s, i am tracking the tropics. One area specifically. And leslee lacey has the roadways. I am watching a great drive right now. Good. Not seeing any accidents or anything thats going to slow you down. Theres aa few issues but one in manatee count
No. Reporter when i spoke with 81yearold robert walker, he told me the teen who attacked him had done it before. Well, i was robbed once before by him. Reporter you were robbed by him before. He tried to kill me. Reporter the attacker may have succeeded this time. Walker identifying him as 14 yearold alexander perez. Shortly after i spoke with walker he was carted away ambulance. Pasco Animal Services arrived to retrieve his dog. Deputies put up crime scene tape and will now work with prosecutors to determine if walker died of Natural Causes or if injuries he received during the attack contributed to his death. Perez is facing charges of Home Invasion and battery on a person over 65. Depending on what detectives find, perez could face additional more serious charges. Passed away. Reporter people who live in the neighborhood are beside themselves. Nobody should die like that. Nobody should actually get hurt like that and if it happens to him, it could happen to any of us here. Reporter