with a look at the damage and the clean-up. >> reporter: take a look behind me here at the destruction this one gust of wind caused. it peeled the roof off of this strip mall. so powerful that it went into the power lines. they have a bucket truck out there. they are trying to repair the damage to that as well. this clean-up is far from over. when we spoke to people inside, they said they can't get over the sound they heard. >> we heard a rumble and the lights went out and the roof blew off. >> reporter: the roof on top of this shopping plaza folded like an accordion. >> it wasn't a can opener. it was mother nature. an almost 50 miles per hour straight line wind gust came through the area around 11:00 this morning. everyone was evacuated but no one was hurt.

grab a few things. in alan's case, that means donuts. >> i grabbed a couple trays of doughnuts and fed everyone. >> reporter: there are two roofs on top of each other. essentially the first layer was peeled off and that is what went flying. once they clear the electricity here, these people will be back inside of their businesses and they can go back to work. in venice, jacqueline ingles, abc action news. meanwhile that severe weather may be wrapped up for the day, but it is not over just yet. >> that's right. denis is expecting more this weekend. >> into sunday morning there will be storms popping up. jacqueline just mentioned in her story those are 50 miles per hour winds. right. you don't get a severe thunderstorm warning until 60

that wasn't even a severe thunderstorm. it reminds us don't get caught up if there's a tornado watch or a severe thunderstorm warning because our storms can provide damage no matter how strong or just what warnings have been issued. and yes, there was a tornado for the second time in a week in the cape coral area this morning. there's the line as it moved through the venice area earlier on. now we have cleared out beautifully. as jamison and wendy mentioned, we have bigger storms on the way and potentially in our area, that tornado threat could be higher come sunday morning. we will talk about that coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks, denis. the florida supreme court announced that he is suspending the three attorneys who were involved in the dui setup of another attorney in the shock jock trial in tampa.

todd submit suing bubba the love sponge clem. the three attorneys have 30 days to stop practicing law. the court also says that the attorneys can fight this but it won't stop the suspension. we are still waiting to hear more on if this means disbarment is also on the way. jamison. >> right now at 5:00 an arrest and motive revealed in the august murder of terry. he was gunned down in his driveway as he was heading to work one seemingly normal morning. ryan raiche is live at the courthouse where the suspect made his first appearance in court today. ryan. >> reporter: this was a murder that haunted the small lake alford community. a well respected man shot and killed in what many thought was a random act. some answers in a surprising arrest. tonight a sliver of relief for the widow of the beloved softball coach.

murdered this community leader is finally over. the suspect, former colleague alfred jenkins who apparently held a grudge. >> why? and give me a true reason why he did this. >> reporter: investigators say the case came to a head yesterday when a confidential tip came in pointing as jenkins as the murderer. >> if you want to see evil in the flesh, there he is. >> reporter: the sheriff says all of the evidence fell into place. jenkins' blue suv matched the description of the car at the scene. and the motive is as clear as day. he was mad for turning him into the cops five years ago when he stole from the workers union when he was treasurer. >> we found .380 ammunition, the same brand, the same exact type that was used to murder terry. >> reporter: he has a long criminal history including drug charges and robbery and the arrest from the union. >> if you need an example for the florida legislator of why we don't need to let people out early.

of murder brought tears to the eye of the police chief, a close friend of the victim. >> he coached with me. and he was a friend and a neighbor. and it's a happy day but it's a sad day. >> the softball league where he machine tored young girls for 30 years will have a team named after him. his memory will live on and if the sheriff gets his way, the suspect will not. >> he needs to die for killing terry who was a stellar member of the community. >> reporter: we reached out to pca, the company they worked for, to try to get answers into how jenkins became treasurer with his criminal past. we have not heard back yet. jenkins remains in jail with no bond. ryan raiche, abc action news. >> thank you, ryan. breaking news update to this morning's shooting investigation in sarasota.

as william shipp. he was killed in sarasota. police are investigating what led up to the shooting. they have not announced any leads or suspects. sad news to report tonight from the port of tampa. a worker there was buried alive under a pile of powdered sulfur. we have just learned the victim is joseph langley of palmetto. action air 1 flew over the tragic scene this afternoon. you can see the massive pile of sulfur. he was attempting to scoop from the bottom of the pile when it fell on top of him. three deputies who tried to dig the victim out had to be hospitalized for exposure. osha is now investigating the accident. a fire broke out at the facility on roosevelt boulevard shortly before 9:00 this morning. the good news, there were no patients inside at the time. only the office staff had to be briefly evacuated. the fire was isolated to an

the big announcement at the stadium. the bucs officially introduced dirk koetter as the team's new head coach. we brought you the announcement. and now sports director tom korun joins us with the immediate and long-term impact of this announcement. tom. >> reporter: as far as an immediate impact, we will see a more aggressive football team. one that i think will play more to win than to play not to lose. i think the offense will be much more aggressive. as far as a long-term impact, well, let's hope that it equates to more victories down the line. but we've got to be realistic here. this is dirk koetter's first job as a head coach in the national football league. he hired his old boss in atlanta, mike smith, as his defensive coordinator today. mike has head coaching experience. and he can help koetter cut his teeth in the new job.

his family. he is in a highly visible and scrutinized position. but koetter is ready to take it >> the competition in this every week. i'm aware of that. i'm ready for the responsibility and the challenge. journey. with us along the way. and can't wait -- can't wait to roll them up and get started. >> just like dirk, it will be a learning -- learning experience. and i'm sure we're going to have to feel our way along and hope we survive, i guess. i don't know. >> reporter: well, what a great lady she is, kim koetter. it will take a little bit of time for dirk to get acquainted

i think he has some traits at that -- that are necessary to be a good coach. one of those is humility. we saw that at the beginning of the news conference today. tom korun, abc action news sports. >> thank you, tom. 12 marines still missing in the pacific ocean following a collision between two helicopters. it happened in the hawaiian islands. poor weather conditions are limiting the search efforts. look at the choppy water there. witnesses telling hawaiian media they heard a loud boom over the water and saw a flash in the sky. sinking oil prices today for plunging numbers on wall street. tack a look. the dow jones industrial average dropping nearly 400 points, closing below 16,000. january now the worst month for the dow since february of 2009. crude oil prices now below 30 bucks a barrel, trading at 12- year lows.

but it's certainly worth the try. the nationwide effort by vice president joe biden. his tribute to his son that he lost to cancer last year. plus this -- >> that's right. you said dear god please take my cancer away. >> a toddler's wish and how the new medicine she is starting could help other kids in tampa bay. and ahead tonight at 5:30, homeless in the heights. the action residents and business owners in tampa heights are taking to clean up their neighborhood. but first here is a live look from action air 1 over 275. the northbound lanes have been experiencing major delays since a shift in the traffic pattern earlier this week. this is happening south of lois avenue and can cause backups into st. petersburg over the bridge. as you can see traffic is slow going on this rush hour on friday evening as everyone is starting their weekend. we will have much more on what is causing the slowdown and what officials are doing about

that's coming up at 6:00. download the new abc action

>> right now, many baby boomers are remembering this guy behind us known as to most grizzly

>> he lost his battle with cancer today. >> the life and times of grizzly adams was about a mountain man who cares for a grizzly bear named ben. his rep says he went to the doctor for back pain in july and was diagnosed with cancer in his spine in august. he was 74 years old. haggarty is the fourth famous name to pass away this week because of cancer. kicking off a moon shot initiative to cure cancer. that's what joe biden is doing in philadelphia today. he is at the university of pennsylvania to begin the nationwide effort to cure cancer. the government will increase resources and funding. biden will head to switzerland to meet with international experts. a girl here at home is

>> if it works it could help toddlers specifically. this could reach beyond tampa bay. >> reporter: with balloons glitter toes and this book, you may not know sophia anderson is really a tom boy. >> we said she was our warrior princess because she is our little girl. >> reporter: this 3-year-old deserves the nickname after battling cancer for more than a year. we introduced you to her when she was first introduced. >> did you beat it. >> the exciting part is to see her be a kid again. >> reporter: and make sure she stays cancer free she is joining a trial treatment at the children's hospital dolled fmfo to keep it from coming back. the family helped bring the trial here. >> preventing a relapse is the best thing. i couldn't be more excited. >> reporter: the doctor says

ending cancer can help make more of these life-changing trials possible. >> by highlighting thissis an initiative, it gives researchers more opportunity to apply for federal funding. >> reporter: this celebration signaling the end of sophia's treatment. >> are you going to knock it off the wall. >> yeah. >> ring it. >> reporter: is hopefully just in st. pete, i'm ashley yore, abc action news. now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> the storms out there earlier today. but things cleared up in the afternoon. >> perfect afternoon. we had severe thunderstorm warnings first thing in the morning. then we had a line come through the metro right around rush hour. but the drive home. >> look at that. >> night and day. literally. this morning, it was so nasty and windy and stormy. and then the afternoon from

as we have seen in days with temperatures well into the 70s. this is what it looked like this morning. and that is a tornado in cape coral. and it is the second time in six days that they have had a tornado touchdown in the cape coral area. that's probably higher odds than powerball. i mean, that just doesn't happen, having it in the exact same spot in florida this time of the year. and yet, it did. and the rains continued. the heavy stormed went right on through areas from sarasota down toward venice. by about noon, 1:00, they were long gone, leading to this. there is one thing that came out of there. decent amount of rainfall. in fact the rainfall totals anywhere from half an inch around the metro area. some areas picked up even more than that. close to an inch. this is the good news. a lot of decent rainfall totals. and i think we've got more in store first thing on sunday morning.

frame that we had today. temperatures right now in the low to mid 70s across most of the area. tampa, skies are clear. 72 degrees. clearwater and st. pete both in the lower 70s. west winds coming in off of the gulf. gusty out there at 10 to 15 miles per hour. i think the winds will come down quite a bit tomorrow. all in all if you're making your weekend plans now, tomorrow is the day. because saturday as good as it looks, sunday the first half will be reminisce sent to what we had a stormy morning and then the afternoon cleared out beautifully. hour by hour for you. 8:00 tomorrow morning, the one thing that we will notice, we had a decent amount of rain today. this time of the year that leads to fog the next day. so tomorrow morning there will be areas of patchy dense fog. not widespread. that's why we call it patchy.

the rest of the afternoon, the fog burns off and then we will go at least partly sunny and mostly sunny in some areas and warm. with temperatures right back in the mid to upper 70s. but as quickly as we get that, look what happens by sunday morning. i mean, this is almost exactly the same in terms of the setup. the low itself might be a little more to the north. we will be seeing the trailing front. you want to check us out at 11:00 and all weekend long. we will be updating on facebook and abcactionnews.com and bill logan will be here. if things get rough we may come in saturday night into early sunday morning. this could be kind of nasty. i don't think we're necessarily looking at a tornado watch set in stone but it's a possibility. something to keep our eyes on. exactly like today, look what happens sunday afternoon. if you're lucky, you can sleep right through it on sunday morning. and then by later in the day, skies clear.

patch of rain of an inch, maybe more in spots. and entirely from 4:00, 5:00 a.m. on sunday to 10:00, 11:00 a.m. sunday and then the rest of the day looks good. for boaters west winds at 5 maybe up to 10 knots. this is crazy. two to four foot waves off shore. as windy as it was today, the gayle warning in effect, tomorrow the waters will be smooth. how about that. a huge change in a 24-hour period. there are the tides. sunrise at 7:23. sunrise at 5:57. here is a look at florida's most accurate 7-day. sunday, that's the stormy day. right now make the weekend plans for at least tomorrow or the second half of sunday. sandwiched in between the storms could get nasty. look what arrives next week. yeah. winter is not done with us. temperatures very chilly.

lows with a freeze tuesday morning and wednesday morning. >> thanks, den. space watch cut short. the scary situation that september two astronauts back -- sent two astronauts back inside the international space station. a large amount of marijuana that will not make it to the streets thanks to the keen nose of a k-9. traffic headaches on 275. >> it usually takes 25 minutes. this morning it took me 50. >> reporter: tonight at 6:00, the cause of the nightmare and what f-dot is doing to address

>> a canadian woman is behind bars in new york tonight after customs officials found 50 pounds of marijuana inside a table in her van. she said she was heading into new york to buy powerball tickets but a k-9 searched the van and found about $60,000 worth of marijuana in vacuum- sealed plastic bags. you see it there. wow. a space walk cut short outside of the international space station. it was supposed to last six hours but ended early because of a small amount of water in one of the helmets. they were able to complete their main task, restoring the station to full power. nasa says they were never in any danger. coming up at 5:30, an organization that is supposed to solve a homeless problem is blamed for making it worse. the mayor is demanding a major change.

innocent customer but he is accused of a crime. tonight another business falls victim. and later the sinister motive that is behind this colorful cat and the surprising

>> live from the station taking action for you. this is abc action news. >> good evening. i'm jameson mueller. >> and i'm wendy ryan. >> the issue many homeless seek services in the area just north of downtown tampa. carson chambers is live now to tell us what can be done. carson. >> reporter: well, jamison,

neighbors see a lot of folks