suspect calls his gun and shoots and kills jeffrey and continues to flee. >> we are knocking on the door at 1:00 in the morning. >> reporter: that night, detectives won the owner of this nearby marathon gas station. the suspect ran through the parking lot and they desperately needed his surveillance video. >> so i gave them the time they needed. >> reporter: he hopes it will help them get justice for morrow. >> it is awful. >> reporter: sheriff grady judd vowed to find his killer. >> here is a clue for you mr. murder. you made your last purchase. or one of your last purchases because we are going to find you. arrest you, put you in the county jail. $450, the item. and we are told it was a legitimate sale. but you know what keith n a good reminder. no item is worth your life. >> no, and you just have to be aware. seller beware. buyer beware. in these days and times you have to be thinking about these things and this meeting at night is not the way to go. any other solutions? >> reporter: you are absolutely right. place and meet in the lobby of your local police department. chances are a crook or a thief are not going to show up. >> i look forward to them catching this guy. melissa marino, thank you. and new tonight, a brutal attack in a wal-mart parking lot. this in saint petersburg. a robert beat a 66-year-old man using the victim's own walker. this is surveillance video of the suspect's blue dodge durango leaving the scene put him in a choke hold. he threw the victim to the ground, punched him, and used the man's walker to beat him. the attacker got away with the victim's wallet. tonight, a new look at the devastating flooding in pasco county. eagle 8 hd flew over the neighborhood struggling to dry out after hermine. frustration is growing for residents. county emergency managers went out to complete impacted by the hurricane. and jeff patterson joins us now live in bass lake. that's one of the areas that they keep seeing this when a storm heads our way. >> reporter: good evening stacie. if you lived here, you would be frustrated by all of this too many people who live here tell me they want action. not promises or talk about more plans. nearly a week after hurricane dealing with flooding. >> it went down a half an inch the day before yesterday. then it came up two inches last night after that rain. >> reporter: gerald mace's home is four feet off the ground. but, right now, it is surrounded by three pete of water. >> it doesn't make things easy. we have three labrador retrievers. >> reporter: county emergency managers came by to document the damages. >> i believe this is one of our failure points. so o didn't get done until two or three weeks later. income, there is a big impact. >> reporter: the big impact is without proper documentation, pasco county lost out on federal funds last year to help areas like this. >> my question is, why isn't this already in place? this happened last year. almost to the day. it has taken you a year to go we need to do something about this! >> reporter: the flooding and lack of help is frustrating for his entire life. he wants to know when something will be done to fix the problems. >> where are the tax dollars going? you can ride through here saying we need to fix this and we need to fix that. we know what the problems are. you need to hit us with solutions. >> reporter: you can hear the frustration. several times, he said he estimates it will cost about $300 million fo improvement projects to help areas like this throughout the county. it will take up to a decade to complete the work and for stan shaver, that answer just didn't good enough. >> i feel for those people living with what you are walking through right now. jeff patterson, thank you. right now, in citrus county, traffic is being diverted around u.s. 19. a hole opened up in the that is by the crystal river mall. the southbound side of u.s. 19 is closed in the area. if you can avoid it, you might want to do so. and it is going to be days before state road 72 will reopen in sarasota county. 72 days more. that is the latest update from the state of transportation department. the road has been shut down in both directions in miaca river state park a couple of days now. workers are trying to fix a washed out drainage pipe. and we thieves who stole dozens of guns from a lakeland store. you can see the criminals and their truck. 2009 to 2014 ford f150. it took three men less than two minutes to steal 36 guns from titan arms in lakeland. the atf is offering $5,000 award in that case. and new tonight, a warning from saint pete police to gun cars in the last week. the cars were left unlocked. they are warning gun owners to secure their firearms. and a pinellas county uber driver is off the job accused of tampering with the window of a condo where he dropped off two women. 40-year-old christopher cucarill lower humidity is facing a prowling charge. he told investigators the women asked him to check on him because they were drunk but the women denied that. we checked with uber today. a spokesperson zero tolerance for the type of behavior described. we have permanently removed this person's access to the platform. itt tech students are shocked by the news their campuses are now closed. 137 locations all over the country including tampa bay have shut down for good. itt tech blames money promises claims that they didn't have enough cash and reserves to operate. meantime, students are left in a lurch including a bay area heartbroken tonight. >> if i have to start a new program all over, i will do it. i will get another job. i will do what i have to do to finish my career. >> hillsborough community college has offered to help these students. they are offering free assistance starting tomorrow. we have posted the details on wfla.com. and, big changes coming to tampa international airport. >> that means some construction as well. coming up, how work that is set to begin tonight is going to impact where you go to drop off or pick up people at the airport. >> plus, a flag mystery in pinellas county. the way one man's quest to find a flag's rightful owner is getting a lot more attention than he expected. >> not much rain today. most of the shower activity is in southern spots. places like highlands and sarasota county. i will show you the radar coming up. overall, the weather remains relatively dry the next couple of days. we will look ahead to your in florida, it used to be that if a child, a senior or one of our four legged friends was trapped in a hot car you and i were not allowed to save them unless we were willing to be sued. has government lost its mind? can do. after all the love they give. dana young for the florida senate. a return to common sense. >> a historic ybor city home is gutted by an early morning fire. you can see the flames shooting out of the 100 year old home on east 12th avenue. no one was injured but investigators don't know what started the fire. we are told the home was being remodeled. and, a tampa police officer who died during an off duty a funeral service was held for master patrol officer fred arnold iii at life point church in new tampa. he died scuba diving in nevada. he spent 27 years with the tampa police department. getting dropped off or picked up at the airport is about to get a little more complicated. a construction project is going to impact the curb side dropoffs and pickups during the evenings so starting tonight, take note here, the closing the blue arrival and departure side from 8:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. this will affect passengers on american, delta, jet blue an united. the nightly closures are because of construction on the new people mover and it will be in place until early next year. for the time being, dropoffs and pickups will happen in short term parking. we have details on wfla.com. >> hopefully, that is clearly marked. that can be confusing. oh! keith and stacie said something about that. a folded flag clearly loved by someone left on the side of the road. and coming up, there is one man out there is one man who made it his personal mission to find my son has meningitis b. but how did we end up here? his mom thought he had the flu and that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis vaccine he had received. the u.s. now there are. while uncommon, meningitis b can lead to death within 24 hours. trumenba is a vaccine for 10 through 25 year olds to help prevent group b meningococcal disease. trumenba should not be given if you had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose. most common side effects were injection-site pain, fatigue... headache, muscle pain, and chills. ask your doctor or pharmacist about all the risks and benefits of trumenba and tell them if you've received any other meningitis b vaccines. is b can be spread by typical sharing like... a drink... a spoon... a kiss. it all started here... it might have been prevented with trumenba. ask your doctor or pharmacist about trumenba. >> a flag found neatly folded ton side of the road. now a man who spotted it is on a mission to find the flag's it is a powerful symbol that likely belongs to the family of a service member. and when ted froburg asked for help on facebook, his post quickly went viral. john rogers joins us live from pinellas county with an update on finding the person who owns the flag. >> reporter: it was found off u.s. 19 not far from the clearwater mall. now, as you mentioned, this nag likely means a lot to somebody and deserve to be brought home. saturday afternoon, ted was driving on u.s. 19 when he spotted something odd and pulled over. >> i saw white stars on a blue field and thought that sure looked like a folded flag. >> reporter: sure enough, there it was. old glory, in triangle folding lying on the side of the road. he believes it had been there on the side of the road a couple of hours and he think it belonged to someone who served the country. somebody. there is probably a special connection to somebody. i need to return it. >> reporter: he wrote a post on facebook. it has been shared at least 13,000 times. many people realized that this folded flag means a great deal. these flags serve an important role in military funerals. the flag is folded and each of the 13 folds is >> there should be no red showing when it is folded showing that the bleeding is done. >> reporter: it is a very powerful similar poll brented to a family member. not left behind on the road. >> i hope it gets back to the family. i'm sure it means something to them. >> for some people, it is spiritual. it is a spiritual relationship i'm sure. to lose something like that would be devastating. >> reporter: initials from helping the man to find the owner. contact newschannel8 and we will get you in touch with ted. >> john rogers, thank you john. now, we have breaking news. the senate has failed to pass that $1.1 billion zika funding bill we have been talking about. the vote was 52 in favor, 46 against. that is eight votes short. this bill needed 60 votes. it has newschannel8 is launching our 2016 heart walk campaign. last year, you helped us make tampa bay one of the biggest heart walks in the country. for me, this is very personal. my dad and my sister are both heart attack and heart bypass survivors. and this time, every year, we launch our fund raising efforts because it is so important to us. it is the number one kill tore men and women in the u.s. the committed to raising $100,000. and fucillo kia has agreed to match the first $50,000 that we raise. so, every dollar you donate really counts as two. please join our team. donate and come walk with us. november 12 at ray jay. go to wfla.com/heartwalk for details. plenty of sun, blue sky. a little drier. if you spots of the bay area, you might feel the slightly drier air. that's the view from land o' lakes. 88 degrees with a north wind, 3 miles an hour. the rain chances are a bit lower for the next couple of days. and, given the time of year our average is about 40%. so you can see that 20% chance goes worker our slightly cooler overnight lows expected 40% chance for saturday and sunday. at 9:00 p.m., 81 degrees. pleasant night ahead. 74 degrees at 7:00 a.m. a little bit cooler start of the day. 89 degrees tampa international airport. that's the downtown camera view though. dew point 68 degrees. pleasant number. 68 means the evening might be a little more comfortable with the air slightly drier. not a big deal. especially for you folks further south, what are you talking about, the dew points are still in the mid 70s there. 89 tampa, 84 weeki wachee. lakeland, winter haven, bartow, sebring, all bradenton, 90. the visible satellite imagery picks up on a few popup clouds. we are seeing a bit more shower activity across south florida. we should see a lot of clouds kind of disappear here in the evening hours so mostly clear conditions for the overnight. southern spots might see a few more. this is the water vapor imagery. the red is the dry air at the mid and higher levels of the atmosphere. that mixes down with the atmosphere, that and a surface wind around high pressure from the northeast draws in slightly drier air. florida and the northern sections of our area, dew points in the 60s . that's a pretty significant change. a few scattered showers north port. down around the archibald area. north of miaca city. the higher moisture level is here. not seeing much of a west coast sea breeze. beaches are warm now. post tropical storm hermine is still there. we habe forever. still spinning off the northeast coast. it has been affecting and no longer as i mentioned any advisories. short term, best rain chances further south. they are not great either. it is just the moisture levels are a bit higher at all levels of the atmosphere. same for south florida. better rain chances perhaps in miami. and fort myers than there will be in the tampa bay area. southern spots have the best chance. 20% the next couple of days. wednesday, thursday, that is below our average. overnight low temperatures in cooler. a little drier. won't be too long. we are getting into september. closer to mid september. and october. the big front comes by and changes things a bit. but we are not there yet. >> what a nice morning. >> did you notice that? >> especially in central northern areas. when you are going hey, we look it. >> thanks steve. coming up next in sports, the bucs make a roster change by signing a veteran wide receiver. >> and, for many rays fans, he was the reason for the struggling ys but, will the team's hitting i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. he wears it like a crown. 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"he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured." priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. the nfl transactions this evening. but, there's a name floating around out there that remains untouched. tight end danny vatala finds himself back on this wire. courtesy of the buffalo bills. the bills claimed him on sunday. then dumped him on monday for a failed physical. the issue, a shoulder injury that he suffered in the bucs second preseason game. now, he missed no practices times, the bills say he has a torn labrum. huh? this is the agent talking of course. but how could the organizal diagnosis be an ac joint sprain? he says he feels great and if the bucs still believe in him as a project player, they should at least fit him back into the practice squad. all right, deal just announced by the bucs. cecil shorts iii signs on. houston texans scoring a couple of touchdowns. he was also in the jaguar's offensive system under dirk koetter. dean tremendous francois helped lead the knolls who their largest come back victory ever last night. they trailed ole miss by 22 before reeling off the next 33 points in an victory. now francois took hit after hit, but delivered in his first start. 419 yards. the ing academy grad showed poise and impressed his head coach jim fisher. >> there were a couple of times he got a little shook on the sidelines but he bounced back. in practice. we challenged him. i put the heat on him sometimes in practice. but he is a kid who loves his team. his teammates believe in him. which i'm very proud of. at the end of the day it is one game. now we have to get better and move on. >> oh, the rays expanded their roster today. and the counterdown to 2017 begins with a firing. and a hint of maybe more changes to come. the first assistance coach for manager kevin cash's staff is out. some rays fans might be rejoicing the dismissal of derek shelton. at times he was the face of the rays struggles at the plate. this maddon days. with a team batting average of .243. the worst in the american league. matt silverman says it is time for a new voice. however, it was silverman who retained shelton before the hiring of ken cash. so we will see what happens here in the month of september. this is a big audition for a lot of folks. >> you bet. glad to see football is back. >> what about the knolls? >> pretty good. >> i know you were excited about that. >> florida team. come on guys. >> goodnight. breaking news tonight. one of america's most infamous cold case mysteries solved, a little boy vanished without a trace. a cold case that gri gripped the nation, grieving family. and donald trump said hillary clinton doesn't have a, quote, presidential look. $20 million settlement in a sexual harassment case that rocked fox news and triggered the downfall of its leader roger ailes. fighting the flu, a big change from doctors. and national outrageous, a treasure that stood for a million years is destroyed in seconds, a hunt for the vandals