civil rights activists, carson chambers live in saint pete to el us. >> >> if you go in city hall and walk up these stairs and go through the left, will you notice an empty wall. some city leaders want to change that, however, they don't want to erase history. >> i feel sad. >> reporter: there is an empty wall inside of saint pete's city hall, a wall that talks, even though it is blank. >> i feel like it speaks to a city woe has not been able to get the current or resources to have tough conversations. >> reporter: the chipped plaster has never been repaired. darden rice said neither has the wound. >> no mistake about it, it was a racist depickion.

it down in 1966. the act of civil disobedience ended with a two-year sentence. >> the power structure was so enraged, they made sure the value of the mural was inflated so they could charge me with grand larceny. >> reporter: a letter written at the time asked city hall to take down the racist painting, rice calls the former mayor's response personal and ininstitutional racism and wants to see a new mural fill the space. >> we don't want to paint over anything. part of healing and going forward is telling the story of what happened in the past. >> reporter: saint pete will commission an artist $10,000 -- >> we are in the process of requesting qualifications for artists, putting out the call for their ideas. >> reporter: the bid is open

public input and in the end, decided by a city council vote. the cultural affairs director said it may take up to a year to get this finalized. he said that public art is part of a process and conversation not just the final project. live in saint pete. carson chambers, abc action news. >> everybody, we continue to see temperatures in the 50s and once the sun goes down, they are really going to drop down very quickly as they always do. because of that, just right now, temperatures are anywhere from a couple of degrees to you up to five degrees colder than yesterday. the trend continues overnight where there is a freeze warning for our extreme northern

the 40s under clear skies, but definitely a candlelight vigily start to your tuesday. temperatures remain cool for the time being, we'll be tracking another cold front. welcome to el nino >> police in italy trying to find out who killed an american woman in her florence apartment. ashley olson found dead saturday, neck bruised and scratched. police have no suspects. >> reporter: 35-year-old american ashley olsen's murder in italy, sending shock waves. >> a beautiful, friendly lovely girl, >> across florence where she lived and florida where she was raised. >> she is unforgettable. >> today, olsen's father leaves flowers at her apartment. on saturday.

studio apartment, on the couch with bruises and scratches on her neck. her italian boyfriend reportedly had a fight with her a few days earlier. when he couldn't get ahold of her, he asked the landlord to let him in. >> the ski is that the circumstances and events around her life at the time she died. >> in recent insta-gram posts, olsen mentions she may have had unwanted attention. posting pictures like these. it's unclear if she was serious. >> anyone that met her, she never met anyone that didn't love her. >> by phone, olsen's grandmother told abc news --

her phone, computer -- we are told the first autopsy reports could be available as early as tomorrow. elizabeth her, abc news, new york. mothers against drunk

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weather. as beautiful as it could be if you like clear and cold. if you like clear and warm, you will probably not like this over the next few days. talking about the tornado officially rated an ef2. a strong tornado especially for florida we don't get tornadoes like they do up north, and across the southern plains it was on the ground for 3 1/2 miles. no fatalities, three injuries and a lot of damage. this happened, very, very common with the kind of pattern we had and the kind of pattern we are going to see for the next few months. they will quickly go in, come out and four our five days later, expect the same thing. this is something we have been talking about, if not harping about for the last few months. it's here it's not going anywhere.

effect for citrus and noncoastal hernando county. bring in the pets tonight. if you have any plants you feed to cover because they are tender, you can do it. i don't think we'll see a widespread freeze. bound are bundle up the kids. humidity we only hit 60, 10 degrees shy of our normal high. it continues 10-15 degrees above normal or below. last year, we actually hit 80 for this time of the year. it shows in nonel nino years, things can get warm in our area. we are going down near freezing that's rather unusual for our area. 58 in saint pete clear. skies clear, northerly winds, seven miles an hour that's always the tricky part about

tampa. you get a wind coming off the northwest, unless it's a blast of cold air. it will not freeze. the only way we see freezing temperatures is if you have a northerly drain or practically no wind at all. when you get that, we can talk about the possibility of a light freeze. which is again there is the outside chance. we have plenty of dry air. even the wind shifts just a bit, we can see some high sir russ clouds come in, sometimes, that's all we need to have things warm up and keep us a touch above freezing. we are concerned about what is happening downstream, low pressure with the trailing front, watching for severe storms on friday morning. now, this is, by no means, set in stone, models are wobbling as they often do four days out. this is something we will keep our eyes on for strong storms,

rains, about you they did see the tornado down south. you can argue any place across central florida is something that we will have to keep our eyes on just in case. 63 tomorrow, staying below normal, right through friday, but when friday arrives, that's when the front comes, chance of strong showers and thunderstorms, out of here, first thing saturday, clear and cold early next week. >> >> next at 5:30, a teen attacked at a playground. coming up with what the victim said happened after the suspect put a gun to put a gun to her

>> next story drawing a lot of anger out of new york. four teens in custody after police say they sexually assaulted an 18-year-old girl

>> police say this is surveillance video of the suspects moments before the attack. take a look. the victim in her park with her father when the five men approached. the father said one of them pulled a gun on him and forced him to leave. >> put a gun in my face, told me to run. >> when your dad left you, what were you thinking? >> i was real scared. i didn't know what to do i was in a panic. mr. police say each of the five then raped the victim. the victim says her cries for help were ignored. the father reportedly begged for help at a nearby store, but the store owner would not call the police. when he returned with officers, the attackers were gone. the attackers range in age from 14-17 years old >> here is what is next coming

>> violent scene still playing out, a store clerk shooting a robber in the head. >> >> mayor of saint pete calls it a crisis. >> i'm definitely thinking what if can could be me. >> young men dieing in the street. the pledges millions to help. how the latest step could help to save lives fight against human trafficking, the one area that needs help for victims. >> >> determining where your child goes to sol ledge, our the sat

abc action news, police telling us a police store clerk turning the tables and shooting a would be rob irin the head. >> that shooting happening at north 22nd and mlk boulevard. cliff has more on this. >> reporter: the scene cleared 20 minutes or so. it was 3:30 p.m. when a man with a knife walked into the store, approached the clerk with that knife. that's when the clerk pulled out a gun and shot him in the head.