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Transcripts For WESH WESH 2 News At 5pm 20160212

Accident, three lanes of traffic being squeezed into one. You can see one and lives with its doors opened. This is not as serious as the rest yesterday which happened in almost the identical spots and blocked traffic completely for the better part of an hour and a half. This eastbound traffic on i4, starting to back up way past the wesh 2 studios. That is about a three hour three mile backup. We will let you know when we get this to clear out. Angela latebreaking at 5 00, Orlando Police say they ve charged a man in connection with a deadly nightclub shooting. It happened last weekend. 10 people were shot, two were killed. Police say it started when two rival groups started arguing. Jim this all happened at glitz nightclub just off universal boulevard. The police chief just wrapped up a News Conference a press a News Conference on the investigation. Wesh 2 s bob kealing was there. And bob chief john mina says the bob this also contributed to one glenn being allowed inside gun being allowed inside. Today we learned one man who allegedly admits to having a gun and thirty round clip is facing charges. 23yearold Jose Jaime Brull Lopez is facing felony charges of carrying a concealed weapon in to the glitz nightclub, then tampering with physical evidence later when police say he threw his weapon up on the roof of a shed. That begs the question how did brull lopez allegedly smuggle a nine millimeter handgun in to the club with a 30round clip stuffed in his pants without he claims being patted down or scanned with a metal detector . How concerning is that this someone could smuggle a handgun with an oversized clip in to this nightclub . Oh we bob so much so chief john mina says the glitz club owner has agreed to close until new mandated security measures are put in place. John mina we re gonna require request the following, additional security and staff, walk through metal detectors, proper training for their security staff. Bob when police confronted him outside the club, they say brull lopez was standing near a wounded victim who eventually died. At first police say brull lopez lied about going inside the club at all. And lied about being armed. When he allegedly admitted to being inside and pulling out the firearm brull lopez vehemently denied ever firing the weapon. Chief, do you consider him a a suspect in these shootings . John mina i m not going to talk about the investigation and who our suspects are. Bob of all of the wounded and only one remains hospitalized in stable condition. He stopped short of confirming this was gangrelated. We will have more at 6 00. Angela that same weekend of the glitz nightclub shooting, another shooting across town claimed the lives of two men in metrowest. The shootings happened at the stoneridge reserve condo complex. That s just off of Robert Trent Jones drive. 32yearold antonio jones, who was due to stand trial for importing and trafficking cocaine, is one of the victims. Today we learned the second victim was jones s little brother, 16yearold christian. This is a photo of them released today by the Orlando Police department. The two were apparently on their way to a Super Bowl Party together, but never made it. They were gunned down in the parking lot. No arrests have been made and no suspects have been named. Jim roads in Central Florida, is partially shut down. And it s been causing a traffic meltdown for hundreds of commuters. We between maitland and winter park. Road crews shut down the southbound lanes late last night between monroe and park avenue s for a big project at the railroad bridge. Chopper 2 is live over the area. Wesh 2 learned that traffic haven t been enough police to direct drivers. The department of transportation and its contractors arrange offduty patrols to help, but t contacted with enough time. This is a fourday project to lower the surface of 1792 to provide more clearance for big trucks that travel under the railroad bridge. And there is some good news about another mess causing problems for drivers. Kennedy boulevard in eatonville just reopened after a water main break. The break was fixed yesterday, but the road still needed repairs. Because of the break, many people who live in eatonville are still under a boil water notice. Right now, local congressman alan grayson is under attack tonight. And it s top leaders. Angela grayson is the target of sharp comments from nevada senator harry reid, who is calling him unethical and is telling grayson to get out of wesh 2 s political reporter greg fox explains. Greg the fiery local s commanded Media Attention for statements like this at this point, the tea party is no more popular than the klan. Greg and this the Republican Health care plan is this, die quickly. Greg is a democratic candidate for u. S. Senate. For months, he s come under fire over revelations that he s been managing three hedge funds, Investment Holdings worth millions, while also serving in congress which regulates securities. Thursday, the New York Times released emails it says, prove grayson used his Political Office to grow his investments. That s prompted Senate Minority leader harry reid, the leading democrat, on the hill, to condemn grayson. Quote, alan grayson claims to be a progressive, but it seems like he has used his status as a congressman to unethically promote his Cayman Islands hedge funds, and he should drop out of the senate race immediately. Grayson, who vehemently denies any legal or ethical wrongdoing, said i m running against a rigged system and the washington establishment, so it s no surprise that its departing figurehead, relies on a false and misleading hyped story to try to pressure me out of this race. I never used my Congressional Office to advance any business interest or for personal gain, and to say so is utterly deceitful. The leading democratic fundraiser in the senate race, congressman Patrick Murphy of jupiter, has so far declined to comment. Greg fox, wesh 2 news. Angela according to financial records, grayson has raised nearly 1. 8 million, third among all senate candidates, but he has spent nearly all of that money. We re learning new information about a disturbing, deadly it happened this morning at glendale. That two 15yearold girls were killed. When Police Arrived on the scene they found the gun, and say they , are not looking for anyone who may have been involved. Both girls had one gunshot wound. Right now how they were shot remains a mystery. No one else was hurt. Students who attend the high school were taken to a neighboring district and parents picked them up. Meanwhile closer to home, an arrest has been made in a deadly shooting in orlando from last august. 22yearold Damario Robinson was arrested this week. He s charged with first degree murder and home invasion. Police say he killed Devon Littles on lighthouse circle over the summer. Wesh 2 has learned that days after that shooting, Police Believe robinson returned to the scene of the crime and taking part in a home invasion. He s behind bars right now. A deadly accident claimed the lives of two people in palm coast last night. Now we re learning more about how it happened. Jim yeah, this all took place investigators say the victims were run over by a dump truck. Wesh 2 s claire metz reports, the deaths of kevin walsh and Jessica Darby are the result of a freak accident. Claire the victims, friends, were run over by the driver of this construction site dump truck who apparently didn t realize the two were standing behind his dump truck as he was backing away. Moments before the accident, he had been trying to help the victims. I love him and i miss him. Claire kiera walsh is talking about her older cousin, 29yearold kevin walsh. This is a picture of the young man who along with 22yearold Jessica Darby, got caught up in a fatal chain of events. He was always very happy, and like, just like you said, he was very joyous, always wanted to be around his family and his friends. Claire and it was friends walsh called on last night, when, while driving in this construction zone, his pickup got stuck in soft dirt. Darby, eight months pregnant, and her fiance came to help but couldn t get the truck out. They asked the driver of a dump out, but 60yearold paul beagan couldn t do it either. As he backed the dump truck out, he ran over walsh and darby, killing them instantly. Walsh s uncle, grieving at the scene, says the family is heartbroken. He was a very, very good guy, very loving very caring, just don t understand it. Claire Jessica Darby s family was here too but were just too upset to talk on camera. Some of her friends however left flowers, a balloon, and her favorite cookies. The dump truck driver, beagan, drove away from the site, apparently unaware he had run over the victims. Stopped down the road, he was hospitalized with chest pains after learning what happened. It all sounds like a terribly tragic accident, the dump truck driver trying to help the young people then hitting them as they stood here but fhp tells us , charges in the case are pending and the crash remains under investigation. In palm coast, Flagler County, claire metz, wesh 2 news. Jim right now, Orlando Police that robbed a local gas station at gunpoint. This was at the chevron station on south kirkman road. You can see the robber entered the store, point a gun at the clerk and demand cash. Money was handed over, but we have not been told how much. The man ran off, the clerk was not hurt. If you know who he is, call Orlando Police. Angela we want to take you back outside to i4. This is eastbound where there is an accident between 434 and maitland boulevard. The accident has been cleared, but it is causing quite a backup. At times, only one lane was getting opened. They have now reopened all of the lanes. The accident was minor, but it is causing quite the congestion on the highway. If you have plans to head that way, find an alternate route. It could take a while before the traffic is all cleared up. The report card for Central Florida schools is out and results are met. Schools saw failing grades and which ones are rising to the top. And a record heroin bust. How much drugs were seized in Marion County. Tony from the freeze a couple jim for the second day in a row, bigtime travel traffic troubles on i4. There was a wreck about three miles on the east side. Traffic is backing up even though the wreck is cleared. We would normally tell you to use 1792 as an alternate, but that is a mess because they are doing work on the railroad bridge near the winter parkmaitland border. There really is no way around this. Once you get past the scene of the wreck, past maitland boulevard, eastbound traffic clears out. Angela it was report card day for all the schools and School Districts in the state. The news was over all impressive. Seminole and brevard counties got straight a s and the rest of the local districts flagler, lake, marion, osceola, volusia and orange, got b s. S Largest School district, 80 schools in Orange County got a s. However there was a short list of f schools, eight total. Two are Charter Schools and six are Elementary Schools orlo vista, rolling hills, ivey lane, eccleston elementary, washington shores, and pine hills elementary. They need to figure out what they going to do because that is , not fair to the children. Angela the superintended responded in part saying the grades are of limited value at this point and are viewed as partial grades because they lack critical components such as learning gains. Jim Marion County sheriff s deputies are calling it a record bust. Check it out. 1. 5 pound of heroin is seized this week. Guns, cash and marijuana were , also found. Deputies say this record haul was recovered during a traffic stop. Angela now two people are behind bars. Wesh 2 s Gail Paschall Brown got a closer look at the drugs gail this is a huge he roin bust here in Marion County, the largest in quite some time. It is because of this canine right here. Yes, she was the one who alerted to narcotics on the vehicle which lead to the serch of the vehicle in order to find it. Gail drug agents from multiple units say it s the largest amount of heroin they ve ever seized in a single Marion County case. Wednesday they arrested Stephanie Rodriguez and her husband felipe during a traffic stop on i75 and state road 200. About a pound and a half of herion, with a street value of nearly 100,000 was found in a cassettte player in the couple s pickup. Typically in a year we have 2. 5 pounds recovered. Just in this one bust, we took a noticeable amount of heroin off the streets. Gail the ocala couple faces various charges including armed trafficking in heroin marijuana , and firearm possession. They say Felipe Rodriguez is a convicted felon. Assault weapons, and pot were found after more searches including their home in magnolia pointe. Marion county sheriff chris blair believes suspects are midlevel dealers, and drugs came form outside Marion County. He suspects they e put a dent in heroin sales and hopefully saved lives. They re just really using different compounds and mixing compounds in with heroin many in the ones that are out there buying it, it is really a risk because it could leave to your own death by overdose. Gail the couple has bonded out of jail. In Marion County, gail paschallbrown wesh 2 news. Jim really hard to complain about the weather because of the sunny skies. Angela this amulet friday. Fabulous friday. Tony we are actually above normal. Maybe if you have a couple of hours off, go to the coast. The water is cold though. Good day to be there reading a sunshine. 74 at port canaveral, westsouthwest wind. We warmed up with the westsouthwest winds. Quickly late tonight, this cold front, and it will shift the winds around. The majority of us will not get into the 70 s because of that change in the wind flow from the westsouthwest to the northwest tomorrow. Enjoy what you have. Temperatures in the 70 s. We are running a good 10 to 15 degrees warmer in Brevard County and elsewhere about three to five. Ocala 67 down to 59 on friday night, not bad. Palm coast 67 to 59. Overnight temperature, upper 40 s up north. The front works through sooner rather than later across the northern locales. We have a dry front, a couple of clouds at daybreak, a little cooler by five to 10 degrees. For valentine s day, we get the marine influence. A few clouds, comfortable. Highs in the 60 s. Tomorrow, ocala 62, eustis 60 s, reunion golf course mid60 s. Longwood, deland, stetson university, low to mid 60 s. Palm coast to flagler beach, 50 s, but the majority of us will be in the 60 s tomorrow. The track shack raise in winter park, the track shack foundation, temperatures 52, 57, 59. And the Osceola County fair is underway right now. A lot of events going on this evening through the next 10 days 11 00 temperature at 61. The lovers out there, valentines, 40 in the morning, 61 by evening. Temperatures will cool after sunset. Monday, a couple of coastal showers. Tuesday, fastmoving cold front. A couple of showers by the afternoon. We dry out after that. Let me show you the updated sevenday forecast. 66, 67, and then 70 s wednesday and thursday in the 40 s. Angela i wanted to take you back outside to i4 where an accident has now been cleared but causes major backups. I4 eastbound just west of the maitland boulevard exit. You can see traffic finally starting to move. Once you get past the maitland bridge, traffic does move back out. Just prepare, give yourself extra time if you have plans we angela firefighters have finally contained a massive warehouse fire in new jersey. The blaze burned out of control for nearly 20 hours before crews were able to get a handle on the building was used to store plastic pellets. The fire caused so much smoke that several nearby schools were actually closed today. One firefighter suffered a minor leg injury while trying to put out the flames, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation. In virginia, a fire marshall is back at the site of an old manufacturing plant that caught fire last night. Take a look at what it looked like as the blaze began in roanoke. The plant has been closed for 10 years, but crews had been working to recycle some of the material from the building. Crews say debris piles on the property will continue to burn for several days. No one was hurt. Jim nearly a week after a powerful earthquake rocks southern taiwan, 15 more bodies were pulled from the rubble today. The bodies were found under a collapsed apartment complex that came crashing down after last saturday s 6. 4 magnitude quake. The death toll has risen to 94, but Officials Say that number will likely rise. At least 40 people are still missing and believed to be other collapsed buildings. Nasa is looking to hire its next generation of astronauts. Some of those people could ultimately be bound for mars. A real mission to the red planet could still be 20 years away. But nasa is already looking to build the next class of astronauts. They only need 18 to 14 new astronauts, but 1600 people have applied online. I would love to do it, but i think i a little on the downside. Angela i think you should put in an application and see how far you go. Wesh 2 news at 5 30 continues n

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