Never saw it coming, a blast from a shotgun. It felt like a sting. It was so quick and i was so amped up with adrenaline. Reporter an angry driver followed everitt and his girl friend into the parking lot of a pasco walmart. The mystery man had a gun ready and everitt was his target. Its frightening. Ive never been shot before. Reporter it started on state road 54 when a black suv began brake checking the couple. When they turned in the parking lot, were you scared . I mean i didnt really know what was going on, but after the fact, yeah. It was scary, very scary thing. It was the most frightening thing. I mean ive never had a gunshot go off that close to me before. Reporter everitt and his girl friend are grateful that her little girl wasnt in the back seat where she would have been inches away from the blast. If someone brake checks you or you have a problem with someone on the road, just get are on the case. Hes lucky that he only took a shot to his arm. It could have been a lot wors
Day weatherwise. Muggy but rain is on the way in a big way for the second part of the day. Most of us are in the 70s. Its much muggier than this time last week when we had a few cooler mornings. Its 79 in st. Petersburg. Lakeland at 73 and clouds will be on the increase today from a tropical wave, believe it or not. It will move northwest through the area and so we bring in some heat. By midday a couple of showers. By late day, numerous showers and the radar is not 100 dry but we only have a few tiny sprinkles this morning. Here are a few of those in southern hernando county. A wet morning for the east coast and a wet afternoon and evening for us. Theres that rain chance at 60 but what you notice is the heat a little more in check. Upper 80s for highs today. Well talk about who may see the greatest risk for heavier downpours this afternoon and most of the week coming up. Here is courtney. Thank you. If youre just waking up with us, i want to keep you up to closures due to pot holes. Ea
You see the moisture on the east coast at this point. Thankfully it isnt staying over water any more because it would have more time to development. But it will increase our rain chances. So inland areas like polk county and highlands county, you could see a chance of rain this morning. And boy the coverage of rain gets better through the day, 30 at midday and 60 late they are afternoon. And the extra clouds and rain keeping highs right about average with just 89 degrees. At 4 38, i have an temperature the trend for and you leslee has the tuesday commute. Thats right. And its a pretty good. Weve had one accident clear up in the bradenton area. Lets take a look at i4. Wonderful drive coming from polk county, plant city and into ybor. Lets take a look at the maps now. Out to west tampa, zooming in, we have a depression in the roadway and thats a hole thats opened up, eastbound Martin Luther king just past himes and. Also one over here in south tampa, just past azeele and the left lane is
74 in wimauma. And 77 in sarasota. Tropical moisture because theres actually a tropical wave. You can see the counterclockwise spin on the east coast. Well, its going to drift to the north and west and help to significantly increase our rain chances. And you might get a quick shower this morning in places like eastern polk county, you can see the rain from the east coast is trying to sneak in your area. I only left in a 10 chance this morning. But after the sunrise, the rain chances go up significantly. 30 at lunchtime. 50 in the middle of afternoon. But a 60 chance later in the day, and heavy rain possible as well. I will take you hourbyhour through the day in weather and traffic on the 8s. And leslee has the commute. Thats right. Veterans expressway, looks great new york city delays there. And lets looks great, no delays there. And odessa, eight minutes to ehrlich road. And on 275, roughly 10 minutes southbound. Northbound is the same because traffic is light. West tampa area, this g
Before flames erupted. The mosque caught fire minutes after the anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. The gunman behind the pulse nightclub shooting went to the mosque at least two times prior. One neighbor says shes seen a rise in hatred against that mosque since june. They are driving by honking, cussing, its ridiculous. Its ignorance, what it is. Investigators are now looking into the possibility that the fire was a hate crime. The st. Lucie county sheriffs offi investigate. Were making calls to find out what started a fire at bellas restaurant on south howard avenue. Firefighters were called to the scene around midnight. So far the information is limited but the restaurant doesnt have any obvious signs of damage. As soon as we learn more well pass it along on air and on line at abcactionnews. Com. Today detectives are expected to release surveillance pictures of the suspect who fired a shotgun at a couple during a road rage incident in pasco county. Jake everett and his girlfriend were