Sky 6 is live over a big fire. Look at this thing. This is happening near state road 415 and ashby cove lane. Thats between deltona and New Smyrna Beach. Look at all the smoke this thing is giving off. Were told no buildings are in danger right now. As we pan out, you can see this is all woods here. Were told no buildings are in the way of this. We dont know what caused this fire but these are some intense flames. Well continue to follow this. Well bring you updates as they come in. And were staying on top of some more breaking news in altamonte springs. A man shot dead. His mom, arrested. This is news 6 at 5 00, getting results. Im matt austin. Im lisa bell. In just the last hour, weve learned the victims mom will face charges of premeditated murder after her sons body was found at a home on post oak circle. Thats off maitland avenue south of 436. News 6 reporter Troy Campbell has been getting answers about this all afternoon and joins us now live. You talked with police. What are they telling you right now . A lot of investigating all afternoon. The crime tape you see behind me, this has been here roughly five hours now. The home at the end of the street. Police now charging a 59yearold woman with the shooting death of her son, saying she killed her son while he was in the shower. They have been now been identified as 59yearold virginia ortega. Her son, 29yearold blake howard, dying of multiple gunshot wounds. Relatives must have said something that alerted the relative that the son might have been killed. Police are saying the mother was holding a gun in her hands when they forced their way into the house after she refused to answer the door. Investigators say they are aware of a violent history between the mother and son, but they wont give the details as to what that is. Detectives also saying its unclear when the man was killed. The son was shot multiple times while in the shower. One of the family relatives knew that there was some type of disturbance, called and asked that we respond to the residence again, at this time, the son, 29yearold blake howard, his body is still inside the familys townhome behind me. Police still waiting for a search warrant to go in and to continue their investigation and retrieve his body. His 59yearold mother, virginia orr ortega, has been charged with his murder. Thank you, troy. Developing right now, big changes in our weather. Heres a live look outside over downtown orlando. Looks great from this view. But rain has started making its way into our area. The threat for serious storms is on the way. Yes, it is. Chief meteorologist tom sorrells is pinpointing when we could get the worst of this. Hows it looking tonight . Weve got a great night going on right now. You just saw the clear skies in orlando. If youre getting a pocket of rain like in marion county, but these are hitandmiss, run and gun kind of showers. It comes through and rains a bit like in New Smyrna Beach and ponce, and then it moves on. In downtown orlando, all the rain seems to be calming down. Between now and midnight, i think were good. The next couple of hours, pockets of rain begin to diminish. The onthetown forecast looks fine, really fine. Dropping to 71 degrees by 10 00. Rain chances are only 20 or 30 for the evening. Its tomorrow when everything goes haywire. Ill be right back in a few minutes and pinpoint the exact arrival of the time. Its going to be between 10 and 2 30 or 3 00 for most of you. Ill step you right through it later in this newscast. Thank you, tom. Dont forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live radar anytime on our free news 6 pinpoint weather app. Just search wkmg in your app store. More breaking news. This time on the zika virus. Weve learned of a fifth case of the mosquitoborne illness in Central Florida. That brings the total number of zika cases statewide to 29. Seminole is the 11th county to have a reported case. So far theyre all travel related and none involve pregnant women. You can find a lot more on zika including travel notices, symptoms and treatment on our website. Just head to clickorlando. Com, powered by news 6. A dramatic day in court. The teen accused of running down an Orange County deputy appeared before a judge. This comes one day after the 15yearold turned himself in. But he wasnt the only one who showed up. The deputy who ortiz is accused of hitting, sergeant marcy pierce was at the Orange County courthouse as ortiz appeared today. Amanda castro was also there and she joins us now. Coming face to face with the judge and sergeant marcy pierce, four days after the Orange County Sheriffs Office says he deliberately ran over the deputy in a stolen car. He could have killed me. Ortiz is facing charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery on a Law Enforcement officer. The Sheriffs Office says pierce was serving a warrant on burglaryrelated charges friday morning. Thats when investigators tell news 6 ortiz ran her over, causing serious injuries to her head, back, hand and foot. He turned himself in to authorities monday. The teens mother was also in court today. She refused to talk to us. No comment. Do you have anything to say to sergeant pierce . Pierce in tears as she left the courtroom, walking on crutches and surrounded by deputies. Still in a lot of pain. Shes thanking her family, friends, and the community she serves for all of their support. I strive really hard to take i do my best. That was Amanda Castro reporting. Ortiz will stay behind bars for 30 days. Hell be back in Court Next Month for a hearing in one of the burglary cases. Well also get an update then on the charges hes facing for running over the officer and we could find out more if hell be charged as an adult at that point as well. Big new developments in the highprofile murder case against an isleworth millionaire. Bob ward was convicted of killing his wife five years ago. Now hes getting a new trial. News 6 reporter mark lehman shows us how a mistake by his attorneys is giving him another chance at freedom. The conviction reversal surrounds this order by circuit judge jennifer davis. She says wards original attorneys made errors in judgment when prosecutors used evidence violating his right to remain silent. Its been more than four years since we saw isleworth millionaire bob ward. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison after a jury found him inside the couples mansion, investigators say she was shot in the face at close range. Since then, hes been appealing his conviction. The motion states wards original attorneys should have objected when jurors were shown video and heard testimony about wards demeanor after his arrest. In her order yesterday, judge davis states, all postarrest silence is protected with or without police interrogation. With wards conviction vacated and reversed for a new trial, his attorney released a new statement to news 6 saying the judges order maintains what we have said throughout the proceeding. Now that the court has vacated wards conviction, hes presumed innocent and could be released. His attorneys say the next step in their clients case is to move for a bond as he again prepares for a trial. Thank you, mark. News 6 investigator louis bolden developments on this case as well. He will have more on the case with the many twists and turns, coming up on news 6 at 6 00. A plane goes down in a backyard in north florida. Weve learned the plane was on its way to leesburg when it crashed. Pictures from the scene showed the damage this caused here. This was in palatka, not far from jacksonville. One person was taken to a hospital. We checked and found the plane is registered to an owner in north carolina. Well continue to follow this and bring you updates as we get them. Now to a hit and run crash in Orange County involving a semi truck. Tonight troopers want to find that semi driver. Were told the truck hit Teresa Vasquez this morning, between kirkman and john young. She was a pedestrian at the time and hospitalized in serious condition right now. Troopers tell us the driver stopped until emergency vehicles arrived but then took off before troopers could talk to him. Semi with a white trailer. So far they have not given a description of the driver. This weekend is a big one for the orlando solar bears. It goes beyond just hockey. The team is looking to beat homelessness. You can help them get results through social media. This saturday is faith and family night at the amway. News 6 will bring you the game live. Coverage begins at 7 30. During our broadcast, the solar bears will donate a dollar for every post on twitter, facebook or instagram using the rethink homelessness. Always a good show. The showdown over a notorious prison is heating up again. Yeah, president obama wants to shut down Guantanamo Bay. He sure does. The president s plan is not sitting well with some on capitol hill. Next at 5 00, the response to the president s plan to move nearly 100 prisoners elsewhere. Take a look at radar. Were tracking big scattered showers. I say big, well, Little Pockets of rain right now. Things have calmed during the day tomorrow, well rage again. Ill be back to pinpoint the arrival of the big storms tomorrow. And the countdown is on for liftoff at the cape. The worries spacex has about its good evening, im news 6 meteorologist candace campos. Were pinpointing your forecast down to street level, ahead of tomorrows possible severe thunderstorms. Were going to start pinpointing from north to south. Our first spot is huntington. Good evening to you. Our temperatures are cooling down into the mid60s. Better chance of rain. Decent chance of rain heading into wednesday and finally drying out and cooling down come wednesday and especially heading this is about closing a chapter in our history. Another big step in the sevenyear battle over closing Guantanamo Bay. President obama outlined his plans today to keep the Campaign Promise to shut down the prison. Hell still have to go through congress to get this done. Latest on this. Matt and lisa, president obamas announcement today comes years after back and forth argue between his administration and republicans in congress. Today was the deadline set by congress for the president to submit his plan. One of the biggest questions, what will happen to the prisoners being held there . Right now, there are 91 prisoners at gitmo. The president s plan would countries. The remaining 56 will be moved to a facility here in the u. S. What about the cost to get all of this done . The white house says moving the prisoners would save 85 million each year. But it will take a onetime cost of 475 million to implement the plan. Its something the president says needs to be done now. For many years, its been clear the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay does not advance our national security. It undermines it. In the meantime, some republican lawmakers are coming out against the president s proposal. Marco rubio has been outspoken in the past about the administrations policy on cuba. Today he took his argument to the campaign trail. Were not going to close guantanamo. In fact, we shouldnt be releasing the people that are there now. They are enemy combatants. The chairman of the Armed Services Committee Says while he feels the president s plan is a, quote, pr move, hes open to Holding Hearings about the future of gitmo. You can expect more coverage on this battle over Guantanamo Bay coming up at 6 30 on the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Thank you, ginger. An update now to breaking news weve been following in Volusia County. Sky 6 is live over a big fire. This is happening near state road 415 and ashby cove lane between deltona and New Smyrna Beach. Volusia county firefighters now tell us this is a controlled burn that jumped the lines. Were told no buildings are in danger right now. For you and bring you updates as they come in. Well, were just a day away from the next launch at the cape. That is, of course, if the weather holds up. Spacex says its ready to blast off its falcon 9 rocket tomorrow evening. The company says crews tested the rockets main engine yesterday. The launch will send a European Communications satellite into orbit. Spacex will also try to land the first stage of that rocket on a barge in the atlantic ocean. But the company says it will likely not succeed because of the rockets flight path. The launch window opens at 6 46 tomorrow evening. Right now, there is a 60 chance for a liftoff. If it happens, well bring it to you live on our website at clickorlando. Com. Theyre already saying this might not work. A lot depending on the weather. Its universal orlandos Biggest Party of the year. News 6 is giving you a chance to get in on the fun. Giving away four tickets to universals mardi gras. Head to facebook. Com news 6 and youll find the contest on our facebook page. It runs from this saturday night until the middle of april. The contest ends friday night at midnight. So get your they always have great performers there, too. Yeah, good shows there. The floats are always fun. Its a good time. Im trying to remember who it was i cant remember. When, when you went . No. Last year . Were you partying too hard . No, somebody was in town. Ive never been to mardi gras. Trying to get him in trouble tonight . Yeah. You might want to bundle up if you head out this weekend. Its going to be cold by the weekend. Were starting out with big rain right now, showing you whats going on between here and louisiana. This is the visible satellite shot. I love this picture. There we go. A little bit of cloud cover here at home. Not much happening. Were hitting a dry slot here between areas of rain. You see the bright white clouds in here that came through and it dries out more the most part, from tampa into the gulf. Most of the rest of the night is going to be dry. This is the big low cranking from dallas to houston. Theres louisiana now, frontal zone pushing over, causing a ruckus across the panhandle into new orleans tonight. Our rain has really, really slowed down. Since we came on the air at 4 00. Its raining to the west of you there in redick and raining quite heavily or was on merritt island. Now thats gone as well. Farther to the south around melbourne and palm bay, a touch of light rain but not much happening anywhere else in between. As a matter of fact, the sky cleared in orlando and its turning into a good evening. Future radar not showing much in the way of any leftover action either. So how did we do today . The daytime high bounced to 81 degrees in orlando. The overnight low this morning was 60. Averages on the day, normals this time of year will be 75 and 53. We crushed that. Orlando right now is at 75. 75 in melbourne. And still 77 degrees right now 79 in the villages. 77 in ocala and gainesville is still 79 and 75 in cocoa beach. Look at the wind. A 10mileanhour wind right now in orlando. 13mileanhour wind in the villages. 15mileanhour wind in daytona beach. Satellite and radar together here showing you whats going on with the clearing of the rain here. The big push of the frontal boundary is going from louisiana into mississippi. It marches straight across the gulf of mexico and comes here by tomorrow morning. This is tomorrow morning at 6 a. M. Not much happening. Look at what happens between about 9 and 10 00. More and more of the rain begins to show up. Heres the line of action from the villages down to the gulf by 10 a. M. As we roll to the noon hour, heavy, heavy rain. Some of these storms could be severe. An isolated tornado could erupt from Volusia County to lake, seminole and orange and by 2 p. M. , its from orlando south and east. By 4 00, its like that, all over. Checking out and the colder air lets talk lows tonight. Temperatures are in the 60s across Central Florida. Im going to call the overnight low in orlando 68. Heres tomorrow. By noon tomorrow, were back to 78. But the storms arrive at just about the same time. A high tomorrow about 80 with a 70 chance of rain. So much cooler on thursday and so much cooler on friday. Saturday were back to 65 and sunday, 70. Tomorrows the day, yall. Its going to rock and roll. Tough job tomorrow and its pretty awesome of that. Thank you, tom. If you need something to listen to as you head to work tomorrow, our Radio Partners at mix 105. 1 will have a special guest. News 6 anchor Julie Broughton will be joining the morning crew from 6 to 9 00 tomorrow morning. It will be a fun three hours. So be sure to give julie a listen. Im just seeing this for the first time. Julie broughton unplugged. It should be interesting. Patience could have been a next at 5 00, the bizarre reasons he gave officers for stealing from a local publix. And double trouble, doubled again. The unbelievable feat these twin sisters have now accomplished. I cant even wrap my head around that story. At 5 30, students are sinking their teeth into their hard we had real people make their own pizzas. They chose the ingredients they wanted. I like the fresh dough. Whats bha . Pim gonna go with the one thatpdoesnt have the acronyms. Pget that one without fillers. What are fillers . You guys just made your pizza the way i make my pizza. Hey no ingredients that you cant pronounce and no artificial flavors. And were proud to announce pour new quality guarantee plove your pizza, or get anotherpone, absolutely free. Pget any large pizza up to 5toppings pfor just 9. 99. Online only. You know, the average computer user and average cell phone user has no idea about this technology and that is what makes it so dangerous. Viruses arent just for computers anymore. Hackers are tricking people into giving them what they want through their cell phones. Well show you the best ways to protect your mobile device against a malware infection and to keep your files safe, coming up tonight at 11 00. Thats what theyre going after now. That was only a matter of time there. Of course. We all felt this before while shopping. You see the long line and you dont want to wait. Clermont Police Say One woman took her frustration a little too far. She took hundreds of dollars of groceries and walked out the door. She stole more than 500 worth of items from publix on citrus tower boulevard friday night. The manager told police he tracked the woman down outside the store and she said she just didnt want to wait in line. Officers found prescription drugs on her. She faces several charges. Can you imagine what its like to have an identical twin, someone just like you in almost every way . Some people, including our very own producer, know the feeling. But one set of twins has taken it a step further. So follow us if you can. Kerry and kelly are identical twins. Both became parents of their own set of identical twins. What . But wait, theres more. They then had a second set of twins. Come on. Both of them . Yes. Both twin sisters now raising two sets of twins. The hospital staff in utah where its more likely for someone to get struck by lightning than for this to happen. I would almost rather get hit by lightning than have two sets of twins. I went to high school with two sets of twins and they each had twins, but just one set. So ryan our producer has twins . No, hes a twin. Oh, thank god. I thought ryan was 12. You and your sister are both married to men named darryl. Different guy, not one and the same. Ginger gadsden is joining us for the news coming up at 5 30. Internal affairs reports could put dozens of criminal cases in jeopardy. Three deputies have stepped down from duty following the investigation. And a Central Florida boy notices a troubling trend in his neighborhood. Up next, now hes getting results for the people who live on his street. What a smart kid. Come into Steak N Shake for handdipped milkshakes. Better yet, come into Steak N Shake for handdipped milkshakes r r at halfprice during r halfprice happier hour, p weekdays, now two to five at Steak N Shake. The four dollar menu at Steak N Shake. 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