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Transcripts For WFTS Action News At 6AM 20160210



which is right on time. checking the average speeds on the interstates, great shape there, all in the green, 70s on i-4 and i-75 heading into the downtown tampa area. and 70 your average speed over on 275, in pinellas county from the sunshine skyway down to the howard frankland bridge. 6:01. breaking overnight -- pinellas county deputies are searching for three suspects that crashed a stolen car into a safety harbor home. abc action news anchor lindsay logue arrived at the scene 45 minutes ago. you just spoke to the home's owner. >> reporter: the homeowner, the woman who lives here told me the impact was so loud she thought someone was breaking into the house. look at the damage behind me. the white picket fence is in pieces on the ground. the bottom half of the chimney is cut off. the side of the house is destroyed and that window where you see the black trash bag, the glass from that, the impact shattered that glass all the way into the bedroom. deputies tell me this happened they say a driver took a turn on mlk and 5th way too fast the house. the damage here is a lot more than what you can see. the car hit the electrical box cutting off the power. deputies on scene said the car was stolen from clearwater and right now the driver and two other people are on the run. >> they immediately had canine units, helicopters, everything out here looking for them, unfortunately didn't find them. but you're kind of, i don't know, these situations are crazy, where do you even start? >> reporter: danielle does have family and friends here as well as homeowners insurance so she will get some help for a little bit. that vehicle was towed less than an hour ago and detectives will be dusting it for fingerprints. they will also be looking for any evidence in that vehicle that leads to the suspects. the driver and two others, again, on the run. as soon as we get an update we'll bring it to you. logue, abc action news. coming up on 6:03. let's get to democracy 2016 -- and the two candidates taking victory laps after easy wins in the new hampshire primary. first on the republican side donald trump heading to tampa later this week, a winner. he scored 35% of the vote last night. more than double any other republican candidate. >> new exit polls from overnight show deep discontent with the washington establishment. of course trump spent much of the campaign branding himself as a washington outsider. he showed up to his victory speech blaring the beatles song "revolution" and promised voters he will defend their constitutional rights. >> we are going to preserve our very sacred second amendment! this is not going to be any more chipping away at our second amendment! >> the surprise second-place winner, ohio governor john kasich followed by texas senator ted cruz, former florida governor jeb bush finished a distant fifth and admitted a weak showing in the debate likely played a role in his loss. >> i did not -- i did not do well on saturday night so listen to this, that will never happen again! to the democrats, as expected vermont senator bernie sanders notched an easy victory in new hampshire. his rival hillary clinton conceding early in the evening. sanders told his supporters he wants to send a message, the government belongs to the public, not just the wealthy few. he also offered this rallying cry to democratic voters. >> we will need to come together in a few months and unite this party and this nation because the right wing republicans we oppose must not be allowed to be in the presidency. >> the biggest loseers from the primary who analysts say show sieges of pulling out of the our assignment editor made phone calls and found out a tai kwon do instructor accused of molesting three children still in jail. a third girl just 8 years old recently came forward to say andrew kim also abused her. pinellas county deputies arrested kim last week charging him with inappropriately touching two young girls at os tai kwon do in seminole. os said it fired him over the summer before the accusations even came to light. you may notice new games the next time you head to the hard rock casino. craps and roulette are a step closer to making their debut at casinos like the one in tampa. house lawmakers voted to move forward, a $3 billion deal between the state and seminole indian tribe. the compact would also let the tribe operate exclusively, and offer card games like black jack. imagine moving to a specific neighborhood to send your kids to a certain school. now some hillsborough county their children enrolled at one local school and the battle has them, as you can imagine pretty heated. >> there is a proposal to move students at stowers elementary school to three other schools because that school is over capacity. the move could impact hundreds of kids in the fishhawk area. an official boundary change proposal could go before the school board in march. if the changes are passed they would not go into effect until the 2017/2018 school year. 6:06. consumer alert. daimler plans to raleigh 841,000 vehicles here in the u.s. to replace potentially defective airbag inflators made by the takata corporation. that recall involves 705,000 2005 to 2014 and 136,000 sprinter and freightliner vans from 2007 to 2014 model years. this is the latest expansion of the takata recall. as ordered by the national highway traffic safety administration. we'll have full recall details on our abc action news app. first came cabs, then uber and lyft. soon there will be a new way to get around tampa bay. >> water taxis. each of the three boats can hold dozens of passengers. the owner of the boats says it's the perfect way to dodge traffic by bouncing from harbor island to downtown. he says keep an eye out for the new boats. they will officially launch february 27th. what was intended as a toy for christmas gift has caused just total destruction. >> a story we've heard before. the million dollar mansion goes up in flames over this children's toy. we'll explain why a family could have lost so much more. >> the everyday item that could 6:10, wednesday morning. new today -- firefighters say two of the popular hoverboards caught fire in tennessee. look at the damage it did to the house there. it almost killed two teens. that hoverboard caught fire on the first floor of this house last month and trapped the teens upstairs. to them from outside, says his 16-year-old daughter broke a second story window and had to jump out to safety. >> was kicking the doors and i thought i'm going to lose two of my four children today. i was just begging her, yelling, please jump baby, please jump. she jumped out the window without hesitation. i can't tell you how brave that was. >> after his daughter jump out brian fox helped his teenaged son climb out with a ladder. firefighters believe the hoverboard's lithium battery started the fire. they say friends. family also bought one and it also caught fire but in that case only the hoverboard was damaged. at 6:11. check out this video. this is the thatched roof of destin, up in the panhandle going up in flames. the popular beachside restaurant's roof caught fire around 6:30 last night. the flames then spread throughout the upper floor but firefighters got there quickly, contained the flames in time so the lower floor suffered only minor damage. reopen as soon as building inspectors say they can. another cool start by this afternoon. we're going to warm things up. temperatures in the mid-50s, not as windy. that is going to be key. so it's going to feel less chilly but still bundle up because no matter how you slice it, still 50s here. we're going to warm up. i'll tell you when in a few minutes. still ahead -- one man, three crimes and jaw-dropping path of terror cut across south florida. the alarming excuse this guy gave for attacking an elderly 6:15. wednesday morning. right now four olympic caliber sailors are recovering from a heart pounding rescue after their sailboats capsized in the gulf. gale force winds and high waves threw the sailors in the water off clearwater beach. they were racing in a regatta trying to qualify for this summer's olympic games. fortunately these were skilled sailors, we're told are used to the rough conditions on the water and the coast guard was already out there monitoring the race so no one was hurt. it's going to be windy again today but not as bad as yesterday? >> not as bad. we talked about it yesterday. we talked about small craft. if you have it you're going to tip over. that was the deal yesterday, but the key word i guess is olympic caliber. that is what we're talking about there. no question about it. to subside a bit. it's going to still be breezy and small craft advisory posted, gale warnings lifted. current winds from 10 to 15, gusts this afternoon upwards of 20 miles an hour. so that would be about it. as far as our temperatures, well, that's another story. low 30s in citrus county. mid-40s across portions of polk county. 52 st. pete and also clearwater checking in at 50. titan doppler radar, not much here but we have the low clouds that are going to move in. a few breaks this morning, are the not concerned about the cloud cover today or rainfall potential. we're having neither by noontime with plenty of sunshine. despite that temperatures still in the upper 50s. dry and cool air mass still right on top of us. in fact as we lose the wind and lose the cloud cover, tonight look what happens here, we fall back bigtime in the mid and upper 50s. there will -- mid and upper 30s. there will be no wind chill but it will be cold enough. when we talked about the conditions, 10 to 14 so there is improvement today. sunset is 6:17 now. getting a little later. forecast over the next few days, sunshine and 62. look at friday, 70 degrees. then when getting ready for a pretty decent weekend, valentine's day sunday, highs in the mid-60s. here's traffic with janelle. >> still have that high wind advisory on the sunshine skyway and corey dierdorff is driving now behind the wheel of our live drive cam. he's on the howard frankland bridge, traffic still pretty light out there. i did just check your drive time, it's taking just six minutes to get across the howard frankland bridge. less than 10 minutes across the other two bridges. heads up, palm harbor, we have a crash reported, southbound u.s. 19 at tampa road, roadblock reported in the southbound lanes, i'm seeing a little bit of a slowdown there, you might want to take belcher if you're heading out now. we're also seeing delays on highlands boulevard, all the traffic indicators in the red. the crash but if you're are your morning drive takes you on the roads you may want to leave a little early. let's check driver times on the vet vance, still looking pretty good if heading out. 6:18. earn knows -- everyone knows being a parent is hard work but look at the wrangling one mom has to do just to get her four small children dressed. this video is of the gibson family. it's going viral. it shows one laser-focused mom getting her triplets and 2-year- old in their pajamas. of course you can give that mom a pat on the back by leaving a comment on my facebook page. i had two in diapers at the same time and that was tough enough. i can't imagine. and my certainly, my brother's wife. they had twins. four at the same time? just thinking about it. late for school? blame the boss. bruce springsteen that is. new york dad did that. he wrote a note to his daughters' schools excusing them for being late because they went to a springsteen concert the night before. patrick said it may not seem like a good excuse but wondered how many kids would miss school if god were to appear? the boss is in fort lauderdale next tuesday by the way still ahead, gator guilt. the man making international headlines for a dangerous prank he says he's now sorry for. first, if you want to escape reality, virtual reality may be easier to come by. here's business news. "tech bytes" -- new warnings about lithium ion batteries. >> they power phones and laptops but can be dangerous, airplane fires. >> the ntsb recommends such batteries should be separated from other flammable cargo. the faa issued a similar warning. twitter taking steps to keep users safe from internet trolls. >> it formed a new trust and safety council which aims to prevent various types of cyberabuse and ensure users can speak freely. now might be the right time to get one of those virtual reality headsets. >> are the is thatting next week you can order a -- starting next week you can order a personal computer and oh oculus head set combo. starting at $1,500. 6:24. a sword-swinging suspect accused of a violent crime spree in south florida is behind bars charged with attempted murder. we're about to show you surveillance video of the it disturbing. lauder hill police say this is joe von walker, randomly attacking 81-year-old douglas brochet at a gas station with a pipe. douglas' wife tries to break it up, he took such a severe beating he needed 18 stitches and his eyes were nearly swollen shut. >> he came towards me and his hand was behind his back, i didn't know if he had anything in his hand and he just struck >> when you see your husband being attacked the only thing you think about doing is that. >> unbelievable. walker also accused of a carjacking in deerfield beach and another attack at a swap shop where he grabbed a samurai sword and started swinging it at a clerk. walker later told police he just watched the movie "poltergeist" and wanted to kill evil. we don't know yet if any drugs were involved. police in london are thanking the person that helped them catch a suspected drug dealer. a good samaritan tripped the suspect who was running from police. here's a look at what happened. police posted this video on their twitter account thanking the person who helped them. they were on patrol last weekend when they tried to stop a drug deal but the suspect took off. police arrested a 17-year-old, they say he was not hurt when he fell to the ground. the send suspect got away. -- the second suspect got away. ivan, it's going to be a little windy and cool. >> still a little breezy, certainly going to feel it. 40s definitely a chilly morning commute. sunrise coming up at 7:12. by the time we get into the lunch hour, temperatures in the 50s, we stay in the 50s today. the difference is the winds will be lighter than yesterday. then cold tonight. more on that coming up in a few minutes. coming up -- the brand new birth defect that experts are now linking to the zika virus. plus, live roaches near where your food is prepared. the popular fried chicken joint you may want to avoid today. >> we're also following breaking news. live pictures, where a stolen car crashed into a seminole home, the car is gone but you can clearly see the damage. there was a family inside at the time, the suspects took i remember hearing a huge bang. glass breaking, then smoke. >> at 6:30 -- deputies on the hunt for people responsible for this damage, jolting a safety pinellas county deputies telling us three people were inside that stolen car when it slammed into the side of that woman's house early this morning. three people in the car ditching it, taking off. luckily the woman asleep in the house wasn't injured. abc action news anchor lindsay logue is on the scene now getting an update from deputies and we'll bring you new developments as she gets them. look for her report coming up in our morning sprint. ivan says it's another chilly and windy day but not as bad as yesterday? >> not as windy. we had 40 mile-an-hour winds yesterday. by the way tropical storm-force winds 39. so we're above that. much better today as far as the winds. question, upper 40s now to around 50. just won't be as windy but it will be cool, in fact we're talking about temperatures still below average for this time of year. we'll check with temperatures in the 50s. should be in the low 70s, we're not going to get anywhere near that. by the way we're still very cold, citrus county. 50 clearwater. the winds not as strong, look at the sustained winds now 10 yesterday morning we were talking about sustained winds 20 to 25. gusts in the 30s. that continues through the afternoon. day planner today, plenty of clouds in the morning, then sunshine develops, look at the temperatures, holing in the mid and upper 50s. despite the fact that the winds aren't as strong, we'll head to janelle and talk about the wind advisory still posted for the skyway with less friction over the water. that is still especially high profile vehicles, always a problem. >> fhp still has that highs wind advisory on the sunshine skyway. there's the live picture there. on its side, due to the high winds so no joke out there. not as bad as yesterday but still be careful, both hands on the wheel when you head across the sunshine skyway bridge. heads up lakeland, we have a crash in your area, west pip ken road at old highway 37, fhp pipken. let's look at the streets so see if it's causing delays. all the roads here in the green, although if you are heading that way and you see some delays let me know about it, tweet me @tampabaytraffic but at least my indications are that you are good to go if you're heading to the intersection. we're keeping an eye on this palm harbor crash, u.s. 19 southbound attappa road. reported to be in the -- at tampa road, reported to be in the clearing stages so no need for a detour anymore that at that location. captain al is flying over a very busy spot, 275 and busch. how's it looking? it looks lovely. actually, the visibility at 1,000 feet is almost unlimited. the busiest stretch here 275 southbound from bearss through fletcher, fowler to busch boulevard. a steady stream, three lanes across. once you get past here and west sligh it smooths out. expect a little volume as you head to downtown. starting with democracy 2016 -- donald trump is waking up with his first major win under his belt. a resounding victory in the new hampshire primary. vermont senator bernie sanders as expected also came out on top thanks to record voter turnout, despite the bad weather up north. the votes were tallied overnight and as you can see it was not even close. donald trump won more than double the number of votes than any other candidate. john kasich and ted cruz jeb bush was behind cruz. on the democratic side bernie sanders took more than half the vote, hillary clinton conceded the race 30 minutes before it was called. before heading to south carolina the next state to go to the polls, check how sanders celebrated his victory. he shot hoops with some new hampshire children and his family. a disappointing showing in new hampshire for new jersey governor chris christie. has him re-assessing what comes next for him. even though he had already booked a plane ticket for south carolina he now says he's heading back home to new jersey to regroup. 6:33. crime alert from sarasota county. a few extra seconds in the parking lot before you work -- before work that is could keep you from becoming a victim of a car break-in. sarasota police tell us between monday and tuesday morning crooks broke into 40 cars in sarasota county. three downtown parking lots were hit, all blocks from each other. four people have been charged matthew gunn and three juveniles. officers suspect the victims were easy pickings because most of the car break-ins this year happened because the vehicles were unlocked. our adam winer will be talking to officers today about what else you can do to protect yourself. once he feels that report we'll post it -- files that report we'll post it on our app. a beloved pet dead mauled to death at a boarding facility they thought was safe. it turns out that business should not have been open in the first place. abc action news reporter rodney dunigan joins us live now from bradenton with more on the story. exactly what happened here? >> reporter: this family had a small terrier and were assured the dog wouldn't be housed with other bigger dogs. that didn't happen, the dog was mauled to death. here's the major issue, this is a res decks area and this was -- a residential area and this is the home where it happened. the code enforcement county says this area is not zoned for this business so this place should have never been open. a 4-year-old terrier was put in argentino, a large dog that can reach up to 100 pounds and typically this dog is used for big game hunting. the larger dog attacked the smaller dog. the owner says the attack was tragic but it's a mistake and animals are unpredictable. the family wants answers and the county plans to be out here today to make sure this business is shut down. >> what we're trying to do is basically just warn other people that this is a situation that you really have to look into and there's not many resources of reliability out there to be able to do that. >> reporter: the owner of the business actually ran it through this web site, dogvacay.com, based from california. we checked with them last night, they say the account for this business has been deactivated. again the county code enforcement plans to be out here later this morning to ensure this place is shut down and also tell us that the owner facility in a residential neighborhood. reporting live in bradenton, rodney dunigan, abc action news. 6:36. you need to hear this "dirty dining" report before you decide where to go to lunch today. popeye's, louisiana kitchen known for its fried chicken temporarily shut down a few days ago after live roaches were found near food being prepared. our i-team found the commercial on commercial way in spring hill closed overnight on february 2nd after the state saw over 40 live roaches on the front counter and near the chicken breading table. not to mention dead ones at the drivethrough window. we reached out to populari's corporate who -- popeye's corporate that said they took the necessary actions to clean up the problem. more details on our app and share it on facebook. if your valentines plans involve a chilly stroll on the beach, health officials say don't get in the water. they say two local beaches have higher than normal bacteria health advisories in effect for eg simmons park beach and picnic island beach. the warnings are in effect until at least monday when the beaches are going to be tested again. the good news, it's too cold to go to the beach anyway. >> if you get in the water this weekend you're one, not from florida and also a brave person, water temperatures in the 50s. upper 40s this morning. by the time we get to lunchtime you will have to deal with a breeze. not as windy and temperature in the mid-50s. look at the evening commute. still in the upper 50s. getting very cold through tonight. details on that and the 7-day forecast coming up. captain al just arrived over a crash, i-75 southbound just north of i-4, it's off to the side so seeing just a slight onlooker delay. he'll staying with us this the next few months and we'll see if there's more in a few minutes. and i found out what the consequences were. >> he apologized but it was apparently not enough. what this man is no longer allowed to do after sends aggregator through a -- sends sorry about that -- 6:40. batteries carried as cargo can bring down planes. the faa now says lithium ion batteries can overheat and cause a catastrophic explosion. it's suspected that one of those fires destroyed an asiana airlines cargo plane before it landed in 2011. the ntsb wants the government to require air shipments of lithium batteries to be separated from other flammable cargo. investigators are trying to determine what caused a deadly train crash in germany that killed 10 people and injured nearly 100 others. we first brought you this as breaking news yesterday morning. authorities think it's likely one of the two passenger trains ran a red light but the why is still unnope. police say it could be a technical problem, human error or combination. america is in the crosshairs of terrorists. senior u.s. intelligence officials say islamic state leaders are determined to movent a terror -- mount a terror attack in the united states this year. general stewart that leads the testified before congress he believes isis will be "increasingly involved in directing attacks rather than just encouraging lone attackers both in the u.s. and europe." still ahead -- new zika threat. we already told but a birth defect tied to the dangerous new illness, we'll show you the new way this virus could be you should get to work on school without any problem if your travels take you on i-4. this is i-4 heading into tampa. no crashes or breakdowns to tell you about. let's look at the drive times so you can see exactly how long it will take you. starting all the way back at county line road, 25 minutes to get into downtown. 15 minutes from county line road to 75 and 10 minutes from 75 to 275. your drive times right now, if you're trying to decide between the veterans or dale mabry, both about the same. 16 on the veterans expressway from van dyke to 275, 15 minutes on dale mabry. captain al is flying over crash on i-57 near i-4. looks like we're dealing with some onlooker delays there. >> reporter: that's what it is but now hillsborough county fire has arrived and they've taken up one lane. causing people to move over a little. that just happened a couple of minutes ago. fletcher through fowler all the way to this point. this is about a half-mile north of the exit for i-4. so normally a lot of people get in that right-hand lane, that could be what happened with this accident but there's not very much damage, a couple of vehicles, fhp and fire unit. i suspect he'll be leaving soon. if you're coming along i-75 from bruce b downs to i-4 expect a little delay as cars start to back up. here's ivan cabrera with the forecast. >> it's a cold start and it's quite the spread. in fact temperatures now, looking outside with a few morning clouds i think will give way to sunshine later today but the sun is not going to help. we'll stay in the 50s. a spread in temperatures. 32 crystal river. pasco mid-40s. upper 40s in tampa. low 50s across portions of pinellas county. so that is the case for later today. clouds giving way to sunshine but the temperature still holding, we'll get back into the mid and upper 50s. very cool and certainly well our highs generally should be in the low 70s. not going to get near that. upper 50s as we head through later this afternoon. tonight it's going to be cold, clear and calm but look at the temperatures. into the upper 30s. in fact we may get a little colder than that. there's a freeze watch, not a warning yet. that may be upgraded but freeze watch for citrus and portions of hernando. in fact all of hernando for tonight. temperatures parents into the upper 20s to lower 30s. 7-day forecast, a bit of a warm- up. certainly for tomorrow. low 60s but there's friday, 70 degrees with sunshine, that is going to feel fantastic. overnight lows still in the 40s. then for the weekend you don't have to worry about rain but it's still going to be rather cool, if you want it warmer, not going to be, upper 60s saturday and then dropping a few degrees by the time we get into sunday afternoon. look at that. nice little heart there. valentine's day, don't forget that. mid-60 for sunday. next week we warm up a little chance of showers. look at this stretch here, dry, we lose the wind, not as windy today. then fantastic as we head into the upcoming weekend. 6:48. we're learning of a new risk the zika virus may pose to children. the researchers say the mosquito-borne illness may cause babies to be born with eye abnormalities that threaten their vision. >> experts say all of the children they studied in brazil were born with abnormally small heads that and likely most will go blind. more cases are cropping up across the country and around the world though the number in florida is still at 16. still though the cdc is taking new precautions to catch zika virus early. sending nearly 1,000 extra test kits to florida. the kits would help the state figure out if any person who has traveled recently has that virus. >> the zika virus perhaps most intense in brazil, also the site of the 2016 summer olympic games. and goalkeeper hope solo may opt out of competing. she and the rest of the soccer team were briefed on the crisis last night. in an interview with "sports illustrated" she said if the olympics were today she would not go. because she wants to have a child one day and is concerned about warnings not to travel to countries where zika is presents. in austin, texas a police officer is under investigation after he shot and killed a naked and unarmed 17-year-old boy. both that teen, david joseph and officer jeffrey freeman are african-american. police say officer freeman saw the teen in the street without clothes on and told him to stop but said joseph charged him. that is when freeman shot and killed him. joseph's parents say they are devastated. this morning the u.s. department of justice is angry at the city of ferguson, missouri, last night the city council voted to accept justice department recommendations to reform its police and court systems but with conditions including limiting the cost to ferguson. justice officials call the conditions unacceptable and say to make sure the city complies with the constitution. you may remember ferguson endured weeks of riots two years ago after police shot and killed an unarmed man. right now a former catholic priest is accused of killing a second grade teacher in 1960. 81-year-old john fite was arrested in arizona yesterday. investigators say he was the last person to see irene garza alive when she attended a confession in a church in south texas. garza was 25 years old. he denies killing her but investigators say he told another former priest a different story. authorities are working to extradite him now to texas. a florida man's so-called prank still going nuts on facebook. >> we've showed you the pictures of a 3 1/2 foot gator tossed through the drivethrough window at a south florida wendy's. the man now says he's sorry. joshua james is out of jail but a judge ordered him to stay away from every wendy's restaurant. a friend that worked at the restaurant and says he will never do anything like this again. >> right now it's definitely going to be the last of anything that i do. just because, like i figured out, like, i'm really in trouble for this. i think my pranking days are over as of today. >> he's still facing a charge of assault with a deadly weapon and has to undergo a psychological evaluation. and avoid contact with any animal except for his mom's dog. taking action for you, valentine's day is the single biggest day for sending flowers but your sweetheart might not get anything similar to what is advertised on line. that is exactly what happened to karen harrington when she trusted ftd to send a sympathy basket to a friend in georgia. for nearly $70, ftd didn't send exactly what was advertised, even left out a pineapple. she received a refund and also complimentary replacement. to you the owner of carrollwood forest suggests use a local florist with great reviews and ask for a picture what have is being sent. >> they can be a little more personalized with the order and can talk to the customer service person on the phone to explain to them what is going to be substituted. >> if you want to see ftd's full statement to karen it's on our web site, abcactionnews.com. click on "taking action." it's 6:52. s your morning sprint counts you down to "good morning, america." >> the driver of a stolen car and two others are on the run now after crashing that car into a house. it happened a few hours ago in safety harbor. >> abc action news reporter, anchor lindsay logue is live with this breaking details now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. deputies tell me the driver of that stolen vehicle took a turn at mlk and fifth way too fast, blew up the curb, slammed into a street sign and that street sign ended up crashing through the living room window here. house, a white picket fence, this is the pile of rubble that is left from this crash. the two people inside, the homeowner and boyfriend say it sounded like at the time someone was breaking into her house. they ran outside to see what was going on, that is when they saw the car but never saw the driver or the passengers. neighbors say they saw three people running down the street, the helicopters were in the air, the k-9 units on the ground, as of now three people are still on the run. the vehicle was toed about an hour ago, detectives will be dusting it for fingerprints and looking at it for any other evidence that may point to the driver and the passengers. as soon as we get an update on this breaking story out of safety harbor, we'll bring it to you on air and on-line. live in pinellas county, lindsay logue, abc action news. 6:5 3. donald trump heading to tampa friday after a strong victory in new hampshire. bernie sanders won on the democratic side. and who has the most to lose. an update on the hunt for a gunman, tampa police now tell us the man caught on surveillance video during a shooting in club rain is a person of interest. officers are not calling him the gunman, they just say they want to talk with him. two people were killed, six others hurt when gunfire broke out in club rain over the weekend. a manatee county family is looking for answers this morning following a mauling death of their beloved family pet. small 4-year-old terrier attacked by a large dog that can reach up to 100 pounds, this after they were assured their dog would be kept with smaller breeds. county code enforcement says the neighborhood isn't zoned for an animal boarding business and they will be on site later today to ensure the business is closed. the lenten season is beginning. catholics observe by attending mass and wearing a mark of ash on their foreheads. during lent the faithful will often give up a luxury or bridges are looking great. less than 10 minutes from pin pinellas county to hillsborough county on all three bridges. this is the howard frankland, tampa side, howard frankland just seven minutes. so we're definitely seeing relief from those added lanes at 275 northbound around himes. we have reports of a crash 275 southbound at fowler. this is the area right here. this congestion though we're seeing, typical for this time of morning. captain al even flew over this area, didn't see anything so again this is pretty much what it looks like around this time. captain al, how's it looking where you are? >> reporter: let's look at i-75 southbound between fowler avenue and i-4, that stent off to the right-hand side. truck taking up about half of that right lane so a lot of volume. visual delay only. once you're past this it's a smooth ride. morning clouds with sunrise coming up at 7:12. yes, you are going to need the seat warmer again. 57 by noon. it stays cool, 58. 49 by 8:00. that means we're set up for a chilly overnight, temperatures tonight in the 30s and 40s but close to 70 by friday afternoon. spring training is around the corner. tickets to get autographs from tampa bay rays players at the june coming rays fan fest -- upcoming rays fan fest go on sale at 10:00 on raysbaseball.com web site. find details on our app. again ivan, not as windy today, not as cold. >> breezy still but not as windy. grue brutal yesterday, 50s. 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