vietnam veterans. we go inside the home of a bay area family with first hand experience. reporter: thousands of veterans have come here to the bay pines v.a. in st. petersburg to receive all types of care. unfortunately this is also a place where some veterans haunted by trauma and ptsd have come to end their lives and they include former u.s. marine and vietnam war veteran wrightman. he was whatever you needed, he was always there for you. reporter: in the end, no one was there for steve wrightman s brother. he goes call me so i can hear your voice to talk. that s cool. i would call every day. this time when i walked in the door at 9:30 on the button, the phone rings. he says hey listen, you don t you have a good day. i said okay, i ll talk to you tomorrow. unfortunately we get a phone call two or three hours later and it was the chap lane. reporter: august 26, 2015, he had been receiving treatment for ptsd but felt so trapped that he could not endure another day
pulled back in. for now, a break. yesterday we had temps in the upper 80s and the 90s. a couple of showers offshore. we ll watch those as they continue to migrate east. by the time we get into the afternoon, woo el have inland p.m. thunderstorms. factor in the humidity as it will be another steamer. it is quiet the roads are dry so most of you won t have any trouble getting where you need to be. we have one crash in brandon. we have a crash state route 60 or brandon boulevard right before parsons. again, traffic indicators are all in the green so not seeing any delays from this crash. let s go ahead and take a look outside. this is what it looks like driving through st. pete i-275 right at gandy. up to speed in both directions. your drive at i-4 looking great as well. 22 minutes to get from here to downtown tampa. this morning, investigators in two counties are trying to track down a bold jewelry thief. this guy has hit high end stores during business hours. abc action ne
county. police were on the scene of a possible homicide in plant city. police tell us family members found 36 year old reginald brown dead inside his home on east ohio street. they said it appeared he d been shot. police are now trying to figure out what led to brown s death. an apartment complex in lakeland that caters to the elderly and disabled went up in flames, and left one person dead. 10 news reporter garin flowers shows you the one thing firefighters say could have made a difference. pkg: the exterior of bella vista manor is a reminder of what sot it s just a sad thing. the fire alarm for the 5 story independent living facility sounded off around 4:30 a-m. inside was 41 residents - many elderly and disabled. terry rimes delivers medicine to some of the residents. sot it makes it a little more personal because it may be somebody that i have delivered to in the past before. one person died in the blaze. lakeland fire fighters evacuated the rest of the building, three
spots. now folks are trying to dig in and dig out of this mess. and they re trying to head to the airports to get home. so i want to show you an on-the-go way you can check your flight status. it s all with our 10news app. just search 10news in the app store and download it. then open it and scroll down to flight tracker. here you can check your flight, check airport conditions and more. and the good news. only a few cancellations here at t i a so far today. in tampa mark rivrea 10news wtsp. happening today, the top three democratic presidential candidates will face off tonight in a town hall meeting in iowa. it s the last time hillary clinton, bernie sanders, and martin o malley will together on stage before the iowa caucus in one week. meanwhile on the race to the white house, another person could throw his hat into the ring. former new york city mayor michael bloomberg is contemplating a third party run. a decision could come in march. three inmates who escaped from a stil