kelce continues, to be the man of the hour as fans, flocked to celebrate the super bowl win. plus we re tracking stormy weather that has triggered a flood watch for our region. accu weather alert has been posted for this weekend, lets get details from meteorologist chris sowers, chris, lot of rain expected today a lot of rain. no snow. temperatures are fairly mild. we are expecting 50 s today and lower 60 s heading in to sunday afternoon. problem is numbers have been cold over last few days so ground is still frozen and because of that and heavier rain we are expecting flooding is likely into sunday afternoon. lets look at the temperatures around the region. look at reading upper level hand part of the screen already close to 40 degrees. they should be in the low to mid 20 s. allentown 35. philadelphia 34. dover 35 and 40 s showing up from the beach haven all the way down to wildwood and cape may. looking at the satellite and radar cloud continue to increase from the west a
good monday afternoon, everyone, i m josh benson. i m stacie schaible. this is first at four. thanks for joining us. we have a developing story about a gun going off in a crowded park. it is a frightening situation for dozens of people in south tampa a 6-year-old found the gun in the mother s diaper bag, took it out and fired a shot. it happened while the park was packed with people yesterday. it is a miracle no one was struck by that bullet becky rhiner s friend was in the park when the shot rang out. they were very scared. you don t know where that shot was going to go. it could go into you or me or any other child here. especially in a crowded park. and it was a sunny afternoon, very loaded with kids and parents. tampa police arrested ricardo mendez for storing the gun in tampering for trying to throw the gun in the bay when he found out the police were on the way. a clerk turned the tables on two armed men when they pointed guns at them inside a store. h
the other student is in the icu. police arrested walker last week. a viewer senlt these pictures to 8 on your side. the student had to be wheeled away on a stretcher. our cameras were rolling as sheriff s deputies arrived. students tells us it seems like the fights are happening more frequently. it has been seven day in a row just straight up fighting. there were four or five fights last week. usually when i m walk to go the cafeteria. a spokes woman says the principal reported one fight last week. on friday, when the student was badly beaten, but rumors swirled on social media, there would be pay back today. a lot of people living in venice are upset about the closure of their library. it was closed because of mold. they feel the closure was rushed. hundreds are signing a petition asking for reconsideration. plans to hold public meetings on march 21st. and the books will stay put. if the books are moldy, county officials will have them cleaned. governor rick scot
i llm josh benson and i m stacie schaible. many of us are getting ready to file our tax returns, of course, but watch out. someone is calling people pretending to be the irs and using threats to make those cough up the cash. peter bernard has more. reporter: a part time ymca employee is off the job after gulfport police say he was involved in an irs scam. lee is all smile in wells fargo bank surveillance video as he watches a teller count at $6800. the police chief tells me he s apart of thieves who threaten people on the phone. they - someone pretended to be an irs person. they sent the money concerned it was real. as i was doing it these guys were so good. detectives believes others are involved in this fake irs scam and anticipate charges and arrest. lee is suspended without pay and more likely will be terminated. news channel 8. police are trying to track down car jackers on the loose in the bay area. a woman was car jacked by a group of three men.