Devastated. It was too difficult for his brother to talk. Instead of a party for his 32nd birthday, they held a candlelight vigil. You got to find some kind of positive way to grieve. People say hed give the shirt off his back. Hed give you his life. Reporter jordan was an aspiring rapper known by everyone as jay green. The shooter was identified as derek denard. He is cooperating and not charged. News channel 8 went to his house. No one answered the claiming selfdefense. The other person involved in the. Thing, we interview involved in the shooting, we interviewed him the other night and recovered some evidence from him. Hes been very cooperative. We consulted the state attorneys office. Reporter friends say it was a senseless shooting and a life taken too soon. Its hard on everybody. You know what im saying . Green, he had an effect everybodys life. Reporter police are looking for more witnesses to theyre looking at all the facts and evidence in this case before deciding whether or n
Takes awhile to kick in. It sounds like a major problem. Reporter it could have been a major problem. Today it was a routine upgrade that didnt work. In between a window of several minutes where if you called 911, your call could have been in limbo. We were doing a routine hot fix on our software. Reporter thats like you and i updating our smart phones, and just after 10 00 this morning, the 911 system at the Public Safety building crashed. Reporter is there a backup plan when updating technology . There is. Reporter did it work today . The contingency plan worked today. Reporter the contingency plan, youre looking at it, calls diverted here to the st. Pete police department. A handful of dispatchers working alongside the st. Pete city employees. The problem discovered just after 10 00, and the lines were down for several minutes. Theres an emergency in those 4 minutes. What happened . At this point i couldnt tell you. Reporter at this point he says no calls went unanswered. Does that
Good afternoon, everyone, im josh benson,. And im jennifer holloway. This is first at four. Candidates for the president ial nomination are are crises crossing our state crisscrossing our state. Candace mccowan is live at the convention center. Doors open at 4 30, is that right, candace. Reporter absolutely, good evening, josh, jen. Some people are starting to come into the room. Theres quite a line outside. Door, and theyre expecting to open the doors a little bit earlier at 4 00. People will be coming in any second now. They are expected to fill up this room here where rubio will take the stage in about an hour. This is one of two appearances hes making today. The other one in Seminole County, before he comes back to sarasota tomorrow. Take a look at video where marco rubio had a great day. That put him winning 2 out of 20 primary states but that leaves him with more than 200 delegates behind front runner donald trump. Now, florida is crucial for him, and new polling showing him narr
Attempted manslaughter. [ gunfire ] reporter dash cam video capturing the unmistakable sound of gunshots. Deputy dylan verde get inside the car. Im trying to. Reporter thats when the deputy shot him. [ gunshots ] reporter dylan is hit in the wrist and stomach. Then the call for backup. We need fire and rescue. Shots fired. Copy, we have a mail down with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Reporter how could dylan sitting in the cruiser go for the gun in his drunken state . While handcuffed, do this, do this, do this, then get the gun out. Didnt happen. Assuming the deputys version, which is impossible, it didnt theres no way. Home today . Nope, we have no comment. Reporter nine years at the before that at st. Pete police department, where his medal of valor and purple heart stood out, after being grazed by a bullet years ago. Just did what i was trying to do, and keep going. Reporter the sheriff says trained to protect and serve, not lie and cover it up. Now, the other deputy there at the
18 minutes from now, right now were 52 in tampa. Head north to Citrus County and were in the 30s. Chilly temperatures to our north. Citrus county, all the way down to sarasota county. Were looking at high, thin clouds drifting through the area. No rain from these clouds, just, again, persistent, high, thin clouds throughout the day. Throughout your morning, temperatures in the 50s, kind of cool this afternoon, topping off near 70 degrees at 3 00 p. M. Which is where we should be for late january. Candace . All right, bryan, thank you very much. It is the day the bay area has been waiting for, gasparilla. X marks the spot and the place to be is tampa. Hundreds of thousands of pirates are preparing to invade tampa bay today for the historic gasparilla celebration. Mary mcguire joins us live in tampa where the pirates and parade goers are set to be hanging out all day long. Good morning, good morning and happy were just out here enjoying this gorgeous sunrise and the views of beautiful do