gunman who shot and killed a man during an online sale. candace mccowan joins us now at the family dollar where this deal turned deadly. and candace, what are we learning about what happened? >> reporter: good evening. sheriff judd used this mug shot of victor mann during his paren conference saying he was using the let go app to set up his victims on three different occasions occasions and rob them. one happening here at this family dollar. i talked to one of the ot he is still upset over what happened. >> you know, you look back and you think, this could have been really bad. i'm sorry. >> reporter: cory piece is a father of two. now overcome thinking about the risk he took trying to sell his ipad. >> we could have been a lot less fortunate. >> reporter: he used the let go app to list his ipad. he found a buyer who met him at

snatched it. >> i said are you kidding me? i was really taken off guard. it is not what i expected. >> reporter: blessed is what you might call piece. a second seller who also was robbed in broad daylight, this time at gunpoint. that seller was pistol whipped. but sunday, during a third transaction, the buyer escalated. police say he snatched another cell phone, then shot and killed jeffrey morrow as he ran away. >> we knew we had to operate quickly because we didn't know when he was going to strike again. >> reporter: working with go detectives tracked down 25- year-old victor mann. he said he was remorseful. >> i'm sorry for the soul that was lost sunday night. and he apologized for the bad choices he had made in life. >> reporter: remorse not enough to give cory his peace back knowing the danger he escaped. >> i'm thankful that no one was hurt. >> reporter: back here at the family dollar, sheriff judd says the detectives asked mann

this robbery. mann telling him he dropped the cell phone as he was running away and it broke and he threw it in the trash can meaning someone died over nothing. >> this is just awful. and candace, in the case where it was a fatality, we know the victim even pulled his own gun right? >> reporter: yeah, he got out of the car with a shotgun and before he could even fire it off, we are told that mann fired his weapon, striking that victim in the face and killing him. >> all over a phone. much. and during that same press conference, we learned more about the deadly officer- involved shooting in lakeland. polk sheriff grady judd says the man who opened fire on officers has died. 32-year-old francis perry had a long rap sheet. the sheriff says he refused to roll down his windows during a traffic stop leading to that exchange of gunfire. taxpayer dollars wasted? not on his watch. 8 on your side's mark douglas is making sure your hard-earned

drain. because, you paid for it. >> hermine dumped tons of heavy rain on the bay area last week flooding parts of pinellas county. but for the sewers and the drainage systems, it was way too much. saint petersburg taxpayers have spent a fortune on sewers and drainage through storm water fees and the penny for pinellas tax. now the taxpayers have a good reason to question what they paid for. tonight, mark is on it because you paid for it. >> reporter: keith, if in saint petersburg, you paid hundreds of millions of dollars over the years for the right to stay dry in your home. drive on streets and flush your toilet without worrying about it going into tampa bay. you paid for it, but what did you get for all of that money? cigarette was all the way up. >> reporter: robert stewart is sick and tired of soggy parks, streets, and neighborhoods in the city he has called home 55 years. >> how long has it been flooding?

>> reporter: stewart spent 27 years on patrol here as a street cop. >> you drive through some of the places where there are impressions in the road. >> reporter: the flooding we witnessed last week is nothing new to him. especially around lake mcgory. >> you pay a storm water fee every single month. what does that buy you? >> looks like we are not buying too much. i would like to find out what we are paying for. r the sales tax raised nearly half a billion dollars since 1990. most of it spent on flashy projects insteed of sewage and drainage. >> you don't get to put your name on it. you don't have a fancy ribbon cutting. >> reporter: we estimate the storm fee alone has raised $200 million over 25 years and that is exclusively for drainage work. >> what has that bought them? >> in a lot of cases, all it

it was at. >> reporter: it is an honest response. >> obviously, we are not staying above water right now. >> reporter: but the wrong one for homeowners like daphne davis. >> we need someone to come out, open the drainage system, and get this resolved. >> reporter: here at the davis home, they can't even open the front door wide enough to let in guests and the floor is buckling because of all the water that is still underneath their house. should somebody be fired for allowing thing to get to this point? it got to this point from a lot of years of in some ways inaction, different priorities the different administrations had. >> reporter: the mayor says it is near the top of his list now, but first off, is a $58 million fix for the city's overloaded sewage system. you know, the one that just dumped 20 million gallons in the tampa bay? the mayor say it is city need to come up with a master plan

account climate change. and then, find a way to pay for that. >> you know, you put up with a lot as a taxpayer. the storm fees, you pay that. the penny for pinellas. but when sewer starts coming there's a line. this is it. sounds like you may have another. because you paid for it coming up. >> reporter: you can bet on that. the mayor says it will be paid. and the city taxpayers can't do it alone. he needs state help. federal help. at the end of the day, it is the citizens of saint >> that's the basics. thank you mark. and, we have team coverage on this issue tonight. newschannel8's jeff patterson is live in saint petersburg with an update on how city leaders are hoping to fix the sewage mess. jeff? >> reporter: yeah, stacie, as a matter of fact, we have just learned moments ago that it may be much more than 20 million gallons of untreated sewage going into the bay. that figure may be much higher

that story coming up. we apologize. we are obviously having some technicalits with jeff's stories. people left by boat at the sun coast village. the county lifted the recommended evacuation. that means residents returned home. but home to what? many seeing flood damage inside and their belongings damaged. >> the water came out. we had a foot-and-a-half of water. things just tipped over. you know. it was crazy. there is no place to put anything in that point. >> family photos. >> all family photos. documents, legal documentation. health records. stuff like that. >> the park's management tells newschannel8 it has an engineer

fix to prevent another major flood. >> a bradenton mother was shocked to pick up her son from day care only to find horrible bite marks all over his body. she took photographs of the bites on his legs, arms, face, and back. he was suppose today be cared for by casey burke who is accused of slack off on the job. >> it is a good general rule to check out day care centers obviously before you take children there. >> burke has been charged with child neglect which is a felony. she no longer works at the day care and the boy's mother has hired an attorney. an 8 on your side consumer alert. authorities have discovered another skimming device inside a pump in tampa. this time, it happened at the citgo gas station. we got a look at it as police removed it. we are told this gas station was hit before by scammers back

skimmer investigation coming up to night at 11:00. >> and a local olympic goad medalist is looking to start training again. coming up after the break, we will explain why melanie margalis hides her medal. >> plus, a radio shack ransacked. how long it took these crooks to get away. not long. >> still feels like summer although the air was still a little bit drier this morning. 93 for a high. a few showers on radar, and

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>> it's time to take a look at speedy burglar. here's the video showing three men trying to break into the front doorover a radio shack in winter haven. once inside, one man runs to the back while the two others grab other items to out of this store within two minutes. if you have information, call the winter haven police department. gold medalist melanie margalis is in awe after her win last month. now she is back in clearwater deciding where to train next. she was part of the swim team that won gold in the 4 by 200 relay. we caught up with her as she was taping a cohost appearance

she brought her medal on the show, but at home she keeps it out of sight. >> i have it put away in my room. i don't really visit out. it is cool to think about though. you know? it is feeling that you know i think you only know the feeling if you have a medal. >> she says she open to be part of team usa for the 2020 olympics as well there in tokyo. >> boy t mind of an olympian. always thig, >> you have to plan four years ahead. still to come, back to this overflowing sewage problem. this has been a big problem for the city of saint petersburg for some time now. >> coming up, why some are saying it is not only bay for the bay, it is bad for

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>> 8 on your side is getting answers about a huge dump of partially treated storm water into the bay during hurric severity of the release a short time ago. jeff patterson breaking that news. this is not the first time saint petersburg has released sewage into the bay because of the storm. and some business owners are telling us it is hurting what they do for a living. jeff patterson back with us now live outside of city hall where again, he has just learned breaking information about this. jeff? >> reporter: yeah, good evening keith. during hurricane hermine, millions of gallons of partially treated waste water

and saint petersburg city council just found out moments ago, as of this hour, that discharge is still going on. the gulf port arena is picturesque. take a closer look and you may not want to go in the water here. signs advised people the water is contaminated. don't play, swim, or fish. >> we are a waterfront community. where we can't utilize the resources that we have. we can't kayak, we can't go to the beach. >> reporter: barbara is a small and isn't happy that the city of saint petersburg allowed partially treated sewage into the water during hermine. >> it happened last august, now it is happening again. it is very, very disappointing. >> reporter: the city council learned for the first time since the storm just how bad the problem became. >> in the southwest, the basin.

sierra club says the release of sewage water is a setback for the environment. >> it is stinky, it is a health risk. >> aset back after years of improvements. >> if they have to continue to release dirty water, sewage water into tampa bay, then we are going to lose the bay. >> reporter: yeah: i just spoke with the head of public works for the city of saint petersburg and he can't even tell me right now how many millions of gallons of partially treated has been discharged into the bay so far. >> call me overly curious here, but why not? why don't they know? i would think you would want to know that. >> reporter: yeah, that's kind of a crucial figure. as a matter of fact, they have to make a report to the dep later about it. he told city council they can't put a number on it because they had to bypass the meters in order to treat more waste water. obviously, city council members are very concerned about that. keith? >> in other words, it was way

thank you, jeff patterson reporting for us. in land o' lakes, plenty of sunshine, 89 degrees here at connorton. we have a northeast breeze. you can see it is 85 degrees at new port richey. no rainfall. our camera in venice picked up a little bit of rain. as a result, the temperature was a little cooler there. the beach looks great. 84 degrees. north wind, a bit breezy at 19 miles an hour. rocket launch at the it is carry ago way to measure an asteroid. land on an asteroid, get a sample and fly back by 2023. i have no idea how they are going to do it. might see it perhaps if you are in lakeland or points east of that. very difficult to see from the tampa area. nice weekend ahead. a classic summer weekend. average high this time of year, 90 degrees, you can see the

that. 92, 91. 90 degrees. as for this evening, a slim rain chance, maybe a few clouds around. 78 degrees. that's our forecast in the evening hours. and, into the overnight, looks like upper 70s . and then mid 70s for low temperatures. 76 our forecast low. by tomorrow afternoon, another hot one after today's 93. 92 forecast for the area. and the rain chances, a little bit better. 89 temple terrace. brandon, 89 ee 90 in dade city. wesley chapel. lakeland, 88 degrees. weeki wachee, crystal river. 82 venice. 91 in soar stow sarasota. air vapor, more stable atmosphere under high pressure just to the north. much of the southeast is fairly clear as well as you can see, clear skies under this dome of high pressure. and, the surface wind is easterly around the eastern side of that area of high

an easterly flow the next couple of days. i mentioned radar. not much to look at. low top showers kind of movering from east to west. a few offshore here. this one looks east and southeast of downtown bradenton. and off of lido key. rain chances tomorrow favoring the southern spots i talked about. 40% chance south florida. 30% chance. and then, a little drier further north up into citrus county and beyond further north. the rap model doesn't pick up on much in the way precipitation. if you have outdoor activities you are mostly good. the better chance in central and southern spots. rpm forecast model, fartherly cloudy skies. clear conditions. nice overall. moisture slowly returning. maybe a few more storms. we are upping the rain chance a little bit. but the 30% is still slightly below our average. 30% tomorrow. same story for the weekend. 30% afternoon, evening hours. high temperatures near 90 degrees. on into next week, classic

22 on the map officially with the autumnal equinox. as we get into the late part of september, it starts to ease off a bit. >> are people complimenting you on the weather? >> they like the lower humidity. and newschannel8 is launching our heart walk campaign. last year, you helped us make our heart walk one of the biggest in the country. this year, we need your help once again. i walk year after year for my family. my fathan attack and heart bypass survivors. we are aiming to raise $100,000 again and kia is matching the first 50,000 we raise. so every dollar you donate is really like two right now. join us november 12 at ray jay for the heart walk. go to wfla.com/heartwalk for detail. >> we had a big crowd last year. a lot of folks. >> we'll be right back with

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bucs. he gave up two years of eligibility at auburn declaring for the draft in hopes of supporting his homeless mother. he went undrafted. now he is in line to get the game from the bucs. in a corresponding move. evan spencer has been signed to the squad. the tampa bay lightning opened training camp september 22. just two weeks away. but if you can't wait that long to get hockey is here. russia and the czech republic dropped a pocket of pretournament mapup. three bolts on the soviet roster including nikita kucherov. #hockeyhugs. then, a rebound into the empty net. two-point effort leads rush shh sha to a win. the real tournament begins september 17. finally, against all odds

former gators quarterback tim tebow has signed a minor league baseball contract. the new york mets inked the heisman trophy winner this afternoon. he will make his debut in port saint lucy september 19. 28 teams came out to workout. nobody left with good reviews. they say he is as rough as can be. yet, the mets, that's a very mets thing to do. >> it puts fans in the stands. >> they said it is not a publicity stunt. >> they are holding to that. [ laughter ] you will report on him. first game i bet you. that's the news for now. thanks for watching. don't go anywhere. nightly news is up next followed by newschannel8 at 7:00. >> and join josh benson, jenn holloway at 8:00 on great 38. >> and then, jennifer leigh, steve, and all of us will be back here tonight at 11:30ish. >> it will be late. >> see you back here either way. have a great night. >> captions by:caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email:

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