mother might have killed her son. altamonte springs police charging 59-year-old virginia ortega in the premeditated murder of her 29-year-old son blake howard in their townhouse. the son was shot multiple times in the shower. one of the family members knew there was some type of disturbance called to respond to the residence for his well-being. a relative spoke to ortega over the phone and something she said alerted her to call police. the mother said something to her which is part of the investigation that led her to believe that, hey, something is not right. blake is in danger or not okay. police not saying what the ongoing conflict between the mother and son was, a neighbor saying for the past few months, she s been concerned with the behavior of the woman who s lived inside the home for about a decade. saw her, but she lost about 50 pounds. she was a sturdy built woman but she looked very thin. reporter: again, investigators still say that it s unclear when the
thanks for joining us. i m julie broughton. also ahead, a new trend helping with homework help. parents going back to school to help their children get results. what they say about catching up with any forms of teaching inside the classroom. as someone of a kindergartener, i understand where they re coming from. i am just hearing about that for the first time. i love the idea. i do, too. we ll talk about that in a moment. but first, developing now, a mix of high temperatures and then a big cool-down and storms in between. chief meteorologist tom sorrells is pinpointing the severe weather threat heading our way. how soon could we start seeing any action? we re getting light rain right now, but this is nothing compared to where we re going. tomorrow is when the big stuff rumbles through here between 10 a.m. and 2 in the afternoon is the prime time window target. i have not changed off the timeline since last night at 11:00. take a look over my shoulder here. you see t
and why this happened. ginger: good evening, everyone. this is news 6 at 7:00, getting results. i m ginger gadsden. lisa: i m lisa bell. julie: and i m julie broughton. a local boy is gets results in his neighborhood. sad. he s fired up and doing something about it. out. that s coming up. ginger: is my favorite story right now. such a great kid. we ll talk about him in just a moment. but first, new at 7:00, we learned the marion county sheriff s office is making changes to get results. a dozen deputies got in trouble over the past year, including three in the past few days, one done in by his own dash-cam video. news 6 s erik von ancken is finding out how deputies are going to be policing themselves. reporter: the sheriff said in a press release to us today if people don t come forward to make a complaint, he says it s down and catch misconduct by his deputies. that s why things here the sheriff s office says are changing. deputy bustamonte, marion county sheriff
we re on the clock. it s already on radar. look at the warnings that are going on right now near the panhandle. from panama city back to the west. all all the way to alabama. the asked tough run tonight. this is what the system looks like. much of the energy escaping to the north. it s extending all the way to the gulf of mexico. it s a long way from this to that. about 281 miles. but it s going to come marching across cross the gulf during the overnight. while you re sleeping, things are fine. it s tomorrow during the day you have to watch. this is 6 o clock in the morning. not too bad yet. by 8:00 a.m., a few prefrontal things are starting. and by 10:00 a.m., the front is there and all the action filling in all across the area. by noon, heavy scattered showers all over the heart of the metro and a large part of central florida. i ll be right back. we ll pinpoint the rest of the day tomorrow and talk about the big cool down on the backside of tom, thank you, stay ahead of th
northeastern zones. marion county, sumter county, lake county. through noon, the chance for strong winds, even tornadoes. that timeline from 10:00 until 2:00 this afternoon, from 2:00 until 5:00 this afternoon, eastern areas, including osceola county, brevard county. eventually it does push out. lots of clouds today. ch plenty of warm muggy air. 81 at 4:00 with an 80% coverage of showers and storms. let s check on the roads with amy in the traffic center right now. t so much. the commute will be getting more complicated very shortly. for right now, not the case. doing fine right now. a live look at i-4 moving past saxson with no issues eastbound and westbound, a crystal clear ride. so far this morning. your drive times looking fantastic on 408 on 417, no issues. you ll find the exact same thing traveling i-4 of 95 for the time being. that is your check on traffic. back down to you. back now to the weather. we have brand new video just into the news room showing the damage