. a man brutally murdered and left to die at a bay area gas station. must news channel 8 spoke with people who live nearby and hear why they say it was only a matter of time before something like this happened. >> good evening i'm jennifer lee. >> i'm josh benson thanks for being with us. >> the hunt is on to find a person who killed a tampa man at a convenience store. >> the victim 56-year-old man the sunoco store off nebraska avenue. rod this is a crime it's shocking when you hear about the details. >>reporter: it really is. that happened 7:00 right here at this intersection. that man gregory walker beaten to death left here in the middle of this road and you know i talked to some of the folks who live near him at his apartment complex they told me he was a really great guy. they are absolutely still in

>>reporter: jenny moore has lived near gregory walker for years. she's heartbroken to hear someone beat him to death and baffled about why. >> why. >>reporter: walker was found here in this street outside the sunoco gas station off columbus and nebraska. gary hag lands came up as the whole thing was happening. >> they had it all blocked off from here all the way the asphalt. >>reporter: walker was suffering upper body trauma that's all police will tell us but neighbors tell me he was beaten to death. >> he was proprietor he was a good man he didn't bother nobody. >>reporter: something did happen to cause this and that is why police want to get to the bottom of it. >> we're optimistic as we do in all cases like this we try to interview as many people as

it was not random. >>reporter: neighbors aren't shocked it happened in this area they are saddened who it happened to. >> this is not what you would call a good area. anything goes. >>reporter: police are following every single lead they can to try to figure out exactly who did this. they do have a description of the suspect but it's very minimal. we can tell you they say it's a man he's 6'1" about 230 and was last seen wearing a yellow shirt and camouflage. they are hoping if anybody out there knows anything give the tampa police department a call so they can try to solve this crime. >> an awful crime that family deserves some answers. rod carter live for us in tampa tonight thanks. >> a rookie broward county gut is out of a job facing charges after authorities claim he tried to extort a man for sexual favors. according to investigators the deputy stopped a man in pompano beach. the deputy threatened to arrest that man if he didn't have sex

basis. the victim ran away and called authorities. when he later spotted the deputy parked in his driveway. a terrifying close call at a south florida dental office is caught on camera. you can see a truck come crashing through the wall of a building in naples. wow. talk about timing. a man cleaning up walked out of the room seconds before the accident happened. employees say this is one of 8 operating rooms and normally there is someone in that chair. >> they could have had somebody in thro it could have been a much worse situation. >> thankful nothing else happened. >> this can be repaired, but lives you know they can't. so we're actually very glad nothing happened. >> as for hue it all happened according to law enforcement the man behind the wheel of the truck thought he saw another car coming at him so he swerved causing him to crash into the dental office. a sacrifice remembered each year a debt that can never be repaid. the nation pauses to say thank

nation and our freedom. coast-to-coast there were parades and ceremonies held in honor of the countless veterans who have served in our armed forces. on this special day a very special birthday a wwii veteran. gayle guyardo met one the american hero who turns 100 years old today. >>reporter: these must be great to look back at. >>reporter: such a veteran who turns 100 years old today on veteran's day. we talked about his marriage, children, business of running a successful furniture company for years in downtown tampa. >> i had a radio and the radio blank out because of all the water. >>reporter: his time serving our country as a ferry command pilot in the air force. there were melancholy moments

overall his life has been exhilarating. >> what are your secrets to staying so young? >> first thing i say is yes dear. >>reporter: i had to ask his wife audrey if that saying yes dear to her in fact is the fountain of >> yes. isn't that true? we met 66 yes, in a jew wish war veterans picnic on treasure island. >> was it love at first sight? >> i guess so. >> here we are 66 years later. >>reporter: gayle guyardo,

the very best. more than 130 restaurant chains are saying thank you to nation's veterans and active military veterans with freebies and deals. we've put together a full his head to our web site wfla.com. a bald eagle is on the mend after it and another eagle took a tumble and became stuck in a storm drain in orlando yesterday. apparently the birds were fighting midair when they fell. theye drain. one had its claw in the other. eventually rescuers got them part and one flew off. the second bird stayed behind pretty badly injured. specialist with the audubon center for birds of prey helped. >> drawing people outdoors festival shining the light on the bay area's most unique artists. plus millions of smoke and

defect that could keep you from protecting you and your family. lake gibson braves, coming up i'll show you how the hillsborough terriers plan on giving them their first loss of the season. humidity has been a little bit lower that's allowed temperatures to cool off. it's starting to cool into the 60s in some areas. going to be a chilly night for football. look at that forecast and your weekend coming up. we'll have that you're watching news channel 8, the station that's always on

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are looking to cash in reselling the console for as much as a thousand dollars on ebay. it comes with 30 games preinstalled that system including donkey kong and super mario brothers. sidewalk chalk is not just for kids nowadays. artists from all over the world are in venice making complex art pieces. john rogers joins us live from the chalk festival to tell us all about it. you kind of have to >>reporter: you certainly do. hopefully television will do it justice. this image is completely flat very detailed if you look at it from an angle it appears these characters are jutting from the ground it gives you a taste of neat artwork you'll find out here. throughout the venice airport things are not as they seem. artists are using chalk in the form of paint drawing two dimensional images that pop out from the ground. >> it's interesting how they

drawing you know by just drawing. >>reporter: this art form dates back to italy in the 1600s. these intricate drawings are carefully made. so from a certain vantage point they appear three-dimensional and some art pieces are meant to be interactive. >> they sit in there just kinds of like he's doing. >>reporter: this is an international spectacle attracting more than 100 artists from around the world showing off various examples of chalk art and part of the together. >> we're going to have other stand upper in here also. like we're going to have little rabbits fish jumping out of the water. >>reporter: you'll find unforgettable pieces of art that will only exist for a brief while. >> it is a temporary art. >> i like the spiritual nature of it in a way because it's here and gone like everything.

here. it's only going to look even better as the weekend goes on. now, in this festival this weekend there also will be a 5k fun run music lots of food here and the theme is love and peace. so you see a lot of like duffs and beetles references. any one of any skill level can also come out here do chalk art alongside these professionals. you way find me here i >> that would be a lot of pressure. i i'm wondering how long the festival is going on because it would be really cool to check out. >>reporter: yes please come on down venice fairgrounds is going on until monday. so beyond the weekend so folks, the last minute stragglers can come see it on monday as well. >> you and i can be just observers stick to what we're good at. thank you john rogers. it is friday night and that means high school football. tonight our game of the week

undefeated lake gibson braves and that's where we find our resident delve dog anthony allred who served as a combat engineer the united states marine corps. thank you so much for your service and secondly what can you tell us about this humongous playoff game? >>reporter: well, i first want to send a special hurrah to my fellow delve dogs and anyone else who served this country this very great country. now, on to the game have everything. they scored more points. they have allowed fewer points and they are 9-0. but the terriers who they are face national guard tonight's game of the week match up the terriers they have only lost one game. now earlier today i talked to the head coach earl garcia he talked to me about coming out to lake gibson's game last week and he said everything about this team reminded him of a

about what he said about what he saw that week. >> lake gibson spanked the heck out of them 35-14 the game wasn't that close. we left there with a sense of we better have our ducks in a row. we've been to war with the best. >>reporter: now, what he's talking about is their against van guard last week. they were number 2 team in 6a. lake gibson spanked them but coach garcia he's hoping to win the game tonight. and maybe next week face an old nemesis in the arm wood hawks, but we'll have highlights at 11:00, and we'll have the game of the week at that time as well. >> flags will be flying tonight that's for sure. we appreciate it. friday night blitz starts at 11:00 a 15.

awful your high school football action. want to make sure you catch this event of the super moon coming up on monday night. that will appear to us 14% larger, 30% brighter. this is the largest super moon so far this century. this is coming up on monday night. next super moon 2034. so it's a good idea to catch it now i think. unless the sky a couple of celestial events going on check out the moon over the sky watching. we have this conjunction of your an us and the moon. also you may have heard a little bit about what's going on with la nina. we've been talking about the el nino we've been in wetter typically cooler sort of summer and that does help to enhance

i'm get thanksgiving backwardss i'm working a long timing. la nina definitely in place. this is a fairly weak el nina but what this does la nina helps to up well cooler water that affects global weather conditions including here in the u.s. that means a cooler upper midwest a cooler mid west and want wet conditions for the midwest. warmer conditions for parts of the southeast but for the pennsylvania tampa bay area we've already seen there the local effects the temps warmer than normal and the rainfall less than average. so that's our nina winter coming up here for the southeast and also the state of florida. that's typically historically what we've seen with this system as it continues to move along. so there we go. 65 degrees here at 9:00 p.m. temperatures falling through the 60s at 8:00 a.m. 59 degrees. that's our forecast low temperature. then in the afternoon 80 degrees at 5:00 p.m. plenty of sunshine for the area. so we're looking forward to a gorgeous weekend.

area. 73 degrees now tampa international airport. dew point at 58 degrees in st. pete. temperatures 73 degrees there. high clouds continue to streak across the area from the west. we've seen these in the sky but we'll pick up a few more mid level clouds tomorrow as the cold front sessions into the area. talk about great football weather for us kick off. 68 degrees quiet night mild temperatures. 63 degrees for the final play. cooler conditions staying dry for us. as for the bucs game on sunday that looks great too. few clouds around maybe a light breeze for us overall if you're headed out to raymond james weather wise looking pretty good. this evening few high clouds continue to streak from west to east for saturday morning a few clouds around. crisp fall start to the day. fall in florida of course. talking about cooler temperatures up north. there's that front to the north of us settleing in. this will add a few extra clouds and also possibility of seeing patchy fog as we let thousand dollars sunday morning. blue skies sunny conditions,

kinds of cool. we saw some of in this morning overnight low temperatures in the upper 40s. that's possible in the forecast area for tomorrow. saturday, sunday 08 degrees for a high temp, 81 degrees on sunday. the heart walk coming up on saturday of course you heard all about that here on news channel 78. monday tuesday the rain chance at 20% highs in the upper 70s through this period and into next week very consistent weather which is consistently gorgeous i think it should be great for any kind of of precip despite the front settling into the region. >> thank you, sir. >> politicness the workplace. >> coming up next how the grubhub ceo is explaining an e- mail that appears to ask trump supporters to quit. remember you can join jenn holloway julie phillips and me

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by a lightning strike in the chattahoochee national forest. it is just 13% contained. smoke from the fire condition seen as far south as atlanta. state officials say right now there is no threat to life or personal property. president obama is asking congress for an additional $11.6 billion to fight isis. the request comes as iraqi troops backed by u.s. air power and advisors are locked in a fierce battle with is this the city of mosul. that price tag for operations this year to more than $85 billion. >> federal judge ordered state officials in michigan to immediately begin delivering bottled water to homes in flint. residents there have been living without access to safe drinking water since learning it was tainted with lead more than 2 years ago. the motion was filed as part of the case brought under the safe drinking water act. grubhub ceo is backtracking on

the resignation of any trump supporters in his company in an e-mail to his 1,000 employees. matt maloney suggests those who agreed with trump's nationalist aprilty immigrate and hateful rhetoric should quick. this a statement he said he did not ask for trump voters to resign but that the company would not quote tolerate discriminatory activity in the workplace. >> a pasco un tonight. >> his student claims that he made a racially charged remark that had to do with donald trump. coming up we'll explain why school officials believe there may be more to the story. >> plus from doctor to suspect. how this clearwater man got in in major trouble once his medical license expired. >> this medical spa in largo is one of the first in the area to offer exams for medical marijuana. coming up we'll tell you what's involved in the process.

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incident involving pasco county teach is under investigation. a student claims a teacher made a mint comment calling donald trump to get them sent back to africa. that teacher met with school officials and have to ask you does this teacher think he was being clever making a joke? what was this all about? >>reporter: good evening keith, stacie. this parent tells me he sousa the teacher said it was off the wall comment it wasn't meant to be racial. the parent doesn't feel this is a jokeing matter. john sousa is on administrative leave. he's accused of making a racist comment toward several black students wednesday. >> as soon as this t school was made aware of the allegations against mr. secretary of state sousa they called him in and had him leave campus. >>reporter: donnie jones, jr. why not go on camera but wrote on facebook sousa approached