recent cases where cell phones and even a gatorade bottle caused devastating crashes here in the bay area. >> we'll show you what it takes to prepare for a competition of this magnitude. good evening. i'm jennifer leigh. >> i'm keith cate. thank you for joining us tonight. first up tonight shot on the way to wal-mart in pasco county, a deranged driver pulling out a shotgun and blasting away. melanie michael is joining us live tonight from that wal-mart in land o'lakes on boulevard, in fact. this began with a road rain incident. >> reporter: it did -- road rage incident. >> reporter: it did, keyed, good evening to you. all of us -- keith. good evening to you. all of us have seen this before where someone irritates you in traffic. in this wal-mart parking lot the man drove up to him and he shot him. >> he pulled up to him and stopped. i couldn't see him. it was just dark. all of a sudden, boom. >> reporter: jake everett

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 wal-mart. the mystery man had a gun ready and everitt was his target. >> it's frightening. i've 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 didn't 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 i've never had a gunshot go off that close to me before. >> reporter: everitt and his girl friend are grateful that her little girl wasn't 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. >> he's lucky that he only took a shot to his arm. it could have been a lot worse. >> reporter: that's exactly right, a scary situation indeed. how does the case stand tonight? the shooter is still out there last seen driving a dark colored suv with some sort of luggage rack on the top and a passenger seat in their, a dog sitting in there the entire time. i know those descriptions are kind of vague, but at least of fact helps in a case like this. >> you have to be so cafu everywhere. how is the guy doing? was that an x-ray i'm looking at that shows the little pellet in his arm? >> reporter: it was an x-ray. he still has the pellet in his arm. he said he had to tell his story tonight because so many other people out there can really learn from it that you just never know how the other guy might be on the road. >> thank you. melanie michael live in pasco county. breaking news, troopers are searching for a driver that hit

around 8:30 in bradenton at 26th street and 30th avenue west. the cyclist was taken to the hospital as a trauma alert. we are working to find out how the victim is doing and to get a vehicle description. we have a breaking news consumer alert to tell you about. teco customers, check your bank accounts. thousands of you overpaid on your bill and may not know it. here's what happened. the online bill pay vendor for the company had a glitch over the weekend. that caused payments for all 12 previous months to be processed at once. 8 on your side called teco. a spokeswoman promised us they are working hard to resolve the issues and reimburse customers for the overcharges and fees by tomorrow hopefully. in the meantime e pay it down on the website. customers will not be disconnected or charged late fees according to teco. in pinellas county the 7 for a missing 3-year-old boy -- the 7 for a missing 3-year-old

3-year-old boy is over. no charges are expected to be file against that father. a father accused of leaving his child in a hot truck is off the job tonight. troy whitaker was placed on administrative leave from his job as a hillsborough county firefighter. whitaker is accused of leaving his son in a truck over eight hours friday. his friends are defending him saying this is just a tragic mistake. >> he's crying. he's crying out. he's ll it's very sad. it's sad for me, too. >> again the little boy passed away. whitaker is charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child. he's out of jail on a $50,000 bond. investigators tell us the boy's body temperature was 107.6 when he was found. it happened in an instant. sunday night a chin reaction crash on the clearwater side of -- chain reaction crash on the

campbell causeway blamed on a driver dropping a bottle of gatorade. it's yet another case of distracted driving. peter bernard is live on the causeway and you found out this type of crash is happening way too often. >> reporter: way too often, jen, and the wreck that happened here sent eight people to area hospitals including an 18-month-old girl and a 3-year- old. there's where it happened right there. many distracted driving crashes can be blamed on one thing, people looking at their phones. one moment of distraction and this is what you get, a mangled mess of metal, plastic and glass, several injuries including a baby, gabriella alvarez suffering critical injuries. tampa injury attorney derek capaz is frustrated with the ongoing problem of distracted drivers. he sees firsthand the carnage they leave behind. >> we've seen a dramatic increase in the number of crashes occurring every year. just last year alone it was reported over 45,000 crashes

realize there was a red light from a moment of inattention. >> reporter: in the sunday night crash clearwater police tell us julie goff driving a honda crv west on the courtney campbell plowed into another car stopped at the light touching off a chain reaction crash that required the jaws of life to get people out. when you're driving on any road, be it a highway at 55, 50 or even 30 miles an hour, you take your eyes off the road for one second and that can spell disaster. >> r thursday evening in tampa. an 18-year-old man died in this one car crash. a cell phone conversation was going on when the driver missed a curb and hit a tree. >> people feel the need to constantly connect with family members, friends and their work and it's understandable. >> reporter: e-mail, texting, facebook, twitter, pokemon go, capez has this advice. >> pull over. life is too important. >> reporter: and part of the problem with many distracted driving crashes is they're

twitter -- driver was on facebook or twitter because those companies don't routinely give up the data they collect. however, if you're on a cell phone, they can find out and get you. >> peter bernard in clearwater tonight. thank you. tonight congress is making progress towards temporarily funding a bill to battle the outbreak of the zika virus. according to florida senator bill nelson, the details are still being worked out, but it is expected to move forward this week. governor rick scott will be in washin t case for funding to coming. the 1.1 bill -- to congress. the $1.1 billion funding bill needed 60 votes to pass. last week it failed with 52 votes. the promising news comes just as the florida department of health released an update on the zika virus confirming 15 new cases today alone. eight of those cases are nontravel related, nearly all in miami, one in palm beach. health officials are working to determine exactly where the exposures happened.

involving pregnant women. ride sharing company uber hinted today she may pull out of tampa if new rule -- they may pull out of tampa if new rules are put into place. tampa mayor bob buckhorn stood with business leaders to show his support. the hillsborough public transportation commission made this week on new rules that may require fingerprint background checks for uber. mayor buckhorn is not on board. >> uber process. it may not be as strenuous as the ptc would prefer, but it's a process that has worked everywhere else in america with rare exception and it should be allowed to work here. >> today mayor buckhorn called the hillsborough ptc a dinosaur that should be eliminated instead of the ride sharing services. tonight hillary clinton told cnn that she does not disclose her pneumonia diagnosis immediately pause she did not know that it was going

the former secretary of state was diagnosed with pneumonia on friday. sunday she abruptly left a 9/11 memorial service, her campaign saying she was dehydrated, but this cell phone video came along showing her unsteady, stumbling requiring help to get into a van. today her campaign announced that she will share more medical information. >> we're going to be releasing that to further put to rest any lingering concerns about what you saw yesterday. i can attest that it really is the case that undisclosed condition. the pneumonia is the extent of it. >> clinton canceled a two day trip to california. doctors prescribed antibiotics and rest. on the heels of clinton's pneumonia diagnosis donald trump is insuring voters he is healthy. the republican presidential nominee says he just had a medical examination last week and will release the results when the numbers come in. trump says health is now an

adding that he hopes hillary clinton gets well soon. a manhunt is on in orlando for the person seen on this surveillance video entering a ft. pierce mosque moments before it caught fire. the arsonist made it out just in time. the flames took over the building in minutes. it was around midnight when the fire was set, so no one was inside. investigators are looking at whether or not it was a hate crime. this mosque was wher mateen attended services. a 2-month-old baby is now safe in the hands of cdf. the infant was found strapped in the car seat at the scene of a crash in miami. the baby's mother and another man appeared to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. the man was passed out in the back seat. a dependency hearing is set for wednesday. a malfunctioning fire cord

fire in memphis this morning. nine people died, five of them children. someone used a cell phone to call 911 around 1:30 this morning. firefighters got there in 10 minutes, but a security door and bars on the windows made it too difficult to get inside. one child is in the hospital in critical condition. the latest group to pull it's business from new york over their controversial bathroom law, the ncaa. the group announced it wi pull seven championship sporting events. critics believe the law is discriminatory towards the transgender community. jessie graf became the first woman to compete in a stage 2 run. it was awesome. >> the future for female athletes who also want to conquer the course.

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there's some brake breaking news right now in south tampa, a fire burning at bella 's restaurant, not a lot to be seen, bella's there on howard, a very popular spot. we'll keep watching and bring you updates when we get them as well as on our news channel 8 app and morning news at 4 a.m. tonight many of you watched the exciting finale of american ninja warrior here on nbc and for the first time in the show's history we saw a woman

four stage finals. jessie graf, she's so great, but one thing is for sure, becoming a ninja warrior takes dedication, determination and a whole lot of will power. >> season six contestant ann tully is the aerials instructor at shenobi school in temple terrace. today she gave us a school of how people in our area train for these intense competitions. tully made it to the fourth obstacle out she talked to us today about what it meant to watch jessie graf compete in a male dominated sport. >> it's so inspiring watching her go and she's so strong, too, it's remarkable. with jessie getting so far it will show women are capable of doing ninja warrior and getting as far as men do. >> she became the only female to make it through stage 2 of

come to an end without the title, but she said she never felt she's failed because of all the support her fans have given her. in an 8 on your side consumer alert samsung is old iting owners of its galaxy note -- is telling owners of its galaxy note 7 to turn it off and turn it. in the battery could catch fire and explode. the faa issued a similar warning to flyers. samsung stock fell about 7% today. if you missed out on a chance to gorge olive garden pasta in the past, this could be your year. >> the restaurant chain announcing today that 21,000 passes will be up for sale during its annual promotion, 10 times more than last year. the passes cost $100 each and grant diners unlimited pasta bowls, soft drinks, salad and those bread sticks for a seven week period beginning in october. the one hour online sale starts

a few more shower, a lot of folks, all our camera locations seemed to get something today. some heavier rain continues on the east coast. this is all ahead of an approaching tropical wave, essentially an area of low pressure moving across the sunshine state in the next day and a half. that will help lift our moisture levels and increase our rain chances, too. nice shot tonight, what gorgeous timing on this view, of course, with the lightning. hopefully he was in a safe location. rain chances tomorrow 60%, slightly above normal wednesday, thursday and normal levels by the weekend, friday, saturday, mostly afternoon, evening hours. you can't rule out an overnight shower, but highlands, polk county possibly. at noon 75 degrees, isolated storms, tropical downpours at 4

areas. certainly a lot of moisture in the atmosphere, so we could definitely produce some high rain shower amounts. the dew point is 75 degrees, 79 degrees clearwater, 76 seminole, mid-70s brandon, same story in lakeland and winter haven and frost proof, temperatures mid-and upper 70s. that's just an indication of the time of obviously and a of rain cooled air. we still got to 93 for the high. this is that area of low pressure essentially moving off to the north and northwest. is . some of the -- some of the moisture will continue to spread across east florida and up our rain chances tomorrow, especially the inland spots. the east and southeast flow,

stronger tonight, 45 mile-per- hour winds, but no consequence at all to the u.s. there's the east coast of the u.s. this is will out to sea moving north, northwest at 13 miles per hour. it's a fairly weak tropical storm at this point. in fact, the hurricane center said watching that same area i just showed you a 10% chance to develop in over five days. it doesn't have a lot of time because it's headed to land areas. it does help to up our rain forecast, sun and clouds, warm start to the day. by lunchtime storms begin to move inland and then developing showers and storms. the heavier rain probably to our east. 60% tomorrow, wednesday, thursday, seasonal averages to the end of the week. a lot of folks look at this

cool down? not yet because it's still summertime both on the official docket and also just walking outside in the state of florida. usually we look for it to cool down with the big cold front the second or third week of october. we're not there yet, so we'll stay with the summer weather. hot weekend. coming up next in sports, bying a piec defense will be out. -- coming up next in sports, buying a piece of the bucs defense will be out. >> i signed up for the publix digital ones... i clip the paper ones...

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honda dealers. >> well, it was everything a bucs fan could want on opening day except for one big loss. now we aren't talking about the scoreboard which showed a 34-21 win for the bucs. no, the bucs defensive line depth took a pretty large hit. defensive end smith went down ironically playing on special teams. it was smith is done for the season placed on injured reserve. smith wassecond on the depth chart at left did of end. earlier i asked -- defensive end. earlier today i asked dirk koetter about it. >> it always affects your special teams the most, but because he's a key member of our pass rush crew, it affected clinton mcdonald had to play

probably had to play more outside, just one of the few negatives of the nfl is the injury factor and for us to lose smith yesterday was a heartbreaker. >> speaking of koetter's corner, if you missed tonight's episode at 6:00, the extended version is up on www.wfla.com right now. we do this every monday night on news channel 8 at 6:00 during the bucs season, greats stuff from the coach, trust me. double head tonight on monday night football, redskins hosting the steelers. if you have antonio brown on your fantasy team, good for you because he put on a show don't, great catch, this one even better, but not a good twerk. that will come with a 15-yard penalty. hey, it's what you do, keith, after the show. 38-16 steelers blow out the redskins. speaking of knees florida

haines city derwin james had surgery on his cartilage injury. the noles have a huge game this week at 10th ranked louisville and the big noon clash at raymond james stadium on the 24th. rays and blue jays north of the border tonight. steven souza, jr., watch this catch at the wall full speed and halls it in. 2- hit home run, the blue jays magic these days. blue jays were not happy with the way sousa stood there after striking the ball. he had word with russell martin and troy tulowitzki. apparently it was all over and they calmed down. the game is over, too. the jays win it 3-2. >> maybe he was standing there in disappointment.

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we want to give you one last look at this breaking news from south tampa. a fire is burning now in the restaurant bella's on howard avenue. this is a live look at the scene. you see quite a few emergency

speak. you may remember, we reported about a fire bella's had, it was a grease fire back in 2015. we're working to get new information on tonight's fire and will update you throughout the evening on the news channel 8 app and our morning newscast beginning at 4 a.m. >> good news is don't see a lot of flames coming out of there, so maybe it's not that big of a deal but a lot of attention. in the morning? >> tomorrow morning 77 degrees, humidity very high, summer morning, rain chance tomorrow at 60% especially favoring central and east. a lot of humidity. >> all righty, then. now for the night cap a sweet treat for one of the department's most deserving. this is yaso receiving a pup acchino. it's gone viral. if you haven't seen it yet, enjoy. it's a cup filled with whipped cream is what the dog is enjoying right there.

>> yes. true starbucks aficionado throwing out the double stars. thank you for joining us. jimmy fallon coming up next. >> our next newscast at 4 a.m. good night. come into steak 'n shake for hand-dipped fall milk shakes. better yet, come into steak 'n shake for hand-dipped fall milk shakes at half- price... -price happier hour, weekdays, now two to five...

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