And grab early this morning. We just got some Surveillance Video moments ago. Watch this video. It shows a vehicle ramming the front of a store creating a gaping hole. Hang on, were still trying to get that video. I can tell you that after that okay, we dont have the video. Well try to get it reracked so that you can see it. It shows nearly a dozen people get out of that vehicle. They rush inside and then all of them snatch several times of guns abc action News Reporter Rodney Dunigan is live outside that business right now. Rodney, investigators believe, again, more than a dozen people could be involved. Reporter you are right about that, dan. You know, this was a very brazen crime, all of this happening around 3 00 this morning. Just spoke with the owner whos actually been watching that Surveillance Video that you mentioned with investigators this morning. If you take a look behind me, you can see the damage this left, these criminals, possibly up to a dozen. Entrance of the store he
The building. The incredibly sad part about this story, this was under renovation. It was a multimillion dollar renovation to make it into a boys and girls club. That money, 2. 5 million was volunteer nated from the venic family to make that happen. Part of the building was under construction. At this point we dont know what materials were inside. You have to imagine Construction Materials things like lumber, electrical equipment, all of those things likely fuelled the fire. Neighbors i here devastated by the loss for the kids in this neighborhood that would have coming here to this Recreation Center on a daily basis. Tennis, basketball, playing cards, hanging out with friends. Now they have to start from scratch. This entire building is a loss. It will have to be bulldozed to the ground. As soon as we get more updates here from tampa and this fire at wilson park Lindsey Logue. Good morning. Im dan shaffer. Im deal yeah riley. We want to get a check on your forecast. Ivan is standing b
Watching video from earlier this morning, corey. Those flames intense, going through the roofs and the windows and the doors. They were like that when firefighters got here. Absolutely. It was very intense flame s through the roof. Crews reported from blocks away they could see fire and smoke. When they got on scene they took a defensive attack since there was nobody inside. Reporter corey, this Recreation Center was under construc we dont know what equipment was in there but probably lumber, electrical equipment, that stuff certainly fuels a fire. Absolutely. Thats something that our commad units will look at. It was obvious it was being renovated. They will take that into account and the flammable things that could be inside. Reporter corey, thank you so much for your time. Best of luck to you men out there still working to make sure they get out of the hot spots out so the start the real work, find out exactly what happened here. A huge loss again to the community this Recreation Ce
Right here, tore through a tampa Recreation Center. This is the Winston Park Recreation Center undergoing a multimillion dollar renovation. Lindsey logue is live to show us what is left. It look like that building was destroyed. Reporter to the ground. Dan and deiah good morning to you. The roof caved in a couple of hours ago and t walls. Let me show you what is left of what used to be a place for kids to gather. Its now nothing but a pile of rubble and soot. Theyll have to wait even longer for the new Recreation Center they have been dreaming of. I used to come here all the time and play basketball here. They used to let us play with the kids in the inside of it. We used to have a lot of fun here. It was a good place. Frank lives down the block from the Winston Park Recreation Center, once a safe haven for standing here now its sad to see what happened to it. The fire started just before 3 00 this morning. The flames high and hot spread so fast by the time firefighters got to 76th and
Im dan shaffer. In pasco county people hoping for the best, preparing for the worst as floodwaters inch closer to their homes. Abc action News Reporter Rodney Dunigan is live in new port richey. A retention pond weve seen all morning long is causing big problems for people out there. Reporter the heavy rain weve gotten this morning certainly not helping things. I want to point some things out. Look down the street and see the barriers, they were put up yesterday to show where the the water extending halfway down the block. Its getting deeper. If you look down you can see were estimating this is about 6 to 7 inches just on this road here. If you look there, that is the retention pond, that is causing this problem. Many folks are in fear they will be forced to leave soon. With every raindrop, concern this could possibly get. Along iron bark drive an overflowing retention pond blamed for all this. In this neighborhood it is something theyve dealt with before. The retention pond overflows