The lycee the man is believed to be homeless. The students try to wrestle with him and that is when police say he bid one of the students on the hand and ran away. The suspect is still on the loose. Police say he did have a knife on him. He did not stab anyone. A k9 unit was called but could not track down the man. Residents i talked to were shocked. We will continue to follow the investigation. We will bring new information to you. In orlando, alex villarreal, wesh 2 news. Jason the middle school automated call to parents to inform them of stranger and desk stranger danger. Michelle Maitland Middle Schools operating with extra security today after the principal says threats were made on social media. The principal sent out two called automated calls. Not acting appropriately on she did not specify what the threats were. She did say that they she notified police immediately. It woman she took we talked to said others say they are happy with the school s response. They are doing everyth
But Army Veteran David dick, the store clerk working that night at the sugar creek gas station in mims, was ready to fight back. I put my hands up. Kept my hands calm. Right where he could see them. Chris as cameras roll, the armed man forces the clerk to the cash register. Dick tells us the crook wanted him to put cash in a bag. But as a trained specialist in the United States army, he says, he waited for just the right moment. As soon as he took the gun off of me and took his eyes off of me, that s when my training kicked in. Chris he overpowers the seemingly amateur thief. They wrestle. Then dick throws a blow to his face, and seconds later, another punch as the robber tries to bail. I wanted to do damage. I m not going to lie. I wanted to do damage to him. The last punch. Meredith all new at 11 00 threats of violence on social media at one local school has parents in an uproar. That issue came to a head as they met with school officials. Wesh 2 s summer knowles joins us live at Mai
Anything about it. This is news 6 at 5 00, getting results. Im matt austin. Im ginger gadsden in for lisa bell tonight. School Officials Say over the weekend, the rumor mill went into overdrive, spreading rumors about a planned shooting. Parents said they didnt know what to believe. That fight broke out on thursday at West Port High School, just south of state road 40 in ocala. News 6 reporter Eric Sandoval talked with some of those parents today and he took their concerns to the school district. What have you been able to find out . So many students and parents were scared the shooting may indeed happen. About a thousand students stayed home from school here today at west port. School leaders tell me police gave them the allclear so they didnt really see the reason to worry parents, but parents say thats the least they could have done. I was worried for my children. She says she was so worried about a rumored mass shooting happening at her kids School School leaders tell us the rumors
Ocala and leesburg. Look at villages, down to zero. Very low visibilities. After 10 00, well burn this off. Things get better for us. A 20 chance for rain. Through the afternoon it is about the heat, getting to record High Temperatures. The record is 87 set in 1985. Well get to 85 by 4 00 today. As early as noon, all the way up to 83. A very warm day. Well talk about when the cooldown comes. Before the cooldown, rain and thunderstorms. Well detail the timing for that. Not so much for today but later in the week. Lets head back to amy who is watching the roads from the napleton traffic center. Watching them closely. Visibility wont be perfect. Moving along well mainly because there are not a ton of the cars on the roadway. Your drive times, really no slowdown issues, northbound and southbound look great. The other thing we have going on is construction. Exactly the best combination, just use a lot of extra caution. You can see otherwise not a lot going on for right now. It looks like al
One of the key pieces of evidence the prosecutors had in todays grand jury presentation was this Surveillance Video taken at the uptown Place Apartments. It shows 27yearold resident Sasha Samsudean walking with the Security Guard stephen duxbury. This was the last time she was seen alive. Two days later, her body was found inside her apartment. Shed been strangled, wrapped in a comforter and doused with bleach. Today, the state attorney jeff ashton and his Team Presented this evidence and more to grand jurors. News 6 was there as they announced their indictment of firstdegree murder, attempted sexual battery, and burglary. The state has to bring this before the grand jury and get an indictment. Today was a first good run for prosecutors. It was a good chance for them to see how the evidence was perceived by jurors. Prosecutors and the family of Sasha Samsudean. Its the first step of many in that process. That closure can take a long time, even beyond when the case is closed for a famil