an emergency. >> the first grader's injuries are too graphic to show you. severed off. doctors had to sew them back on. the family is asking for us not name. >> when his finger is hanging off, there's a problem. >> reporter: the seven-year old was holding a door for his classmates here at cahoon elementary when the door was slammed on his fingers. >> we have reason to believe the teacher did this. in fact, we know she did. >> reporter: an ambulance had to be called and it was a bloody scene. the boy was rushed to the er. >> i got there and i was more than overwhelmed. >> reporter: the teacher was

district officials are investigating and it's why they say they cannot comment further. >> we are concerned with this never happening again to either child. teacher. district leaders say she's been employed since 2011. she has never before been under investigation. we're live tonight in tampa, jacqueline glaze, abc news. investigators investigating a serious car crash that closed lanes in park haven. south bound lanes are down to one lane. officials say to use highway 1792 or county road 546 also known as cocomo road.

now the most accurate weather team in florida. good afternoon everybody. tightened up with the radar and we are rain free now. showers off to the north and they are headed this way. temperatures today 80 degrees now in lake what he will whales. as you can see clouds rolling in later tonight maybe the chance of a couple rumbles of thunder in the overnight hours. we'll let you know if that's an issue in your morning commute. that's coming up. right now tampa police searching for five suspects in overnight. the home invasions happened about five miles apart. the first at the mer rid yan

avenue and the second south of bush boulevard. the victims were tied up with zip ties. it happened after 3:00 a.m. 2 men kicked down the front door and tied up the people inside and robbed them. neighbors didn't want to go on camera but they say this home has had problems in the past. a car was torched in their driveway. another home invasion on hillsborough avenue. one of the suspects had a gun as they stormed in the units. the crooks took a lap top and wallet and kren foal. the woman accused of hitting and killing a tow truck driver pleaded not guilty today. right now she is being held without bond on petty theft charges. she's also charged with leaving the scene of a deadly crash

huffman admitted driving the car but she said she was too scared to stop. tonight. residents upset about overly aggressive homeless panhandlers begging for money. the city is now forced to act. >> reporter: their sales pitch is drastically. some overly polite and others a bit aggressive. daniel is outside the haens city public library sits and lets his presence do the asking. >> look, it says homeless on it and a bucket and says give me a dollar. >> reporter: they are among dosses who stay at the so-called homeless hotel who pay rent with their earnings . >> them people bother me every time.

have a handful of complaints about panhandlers following people to their car and begging for money. >> it's not fair to the public. people trying to go in there with their kids. >> reporter: they will try to keep panhandlers away from the building but they can still ask for as much money as they please. >> reporter: this panhandler says he would stop coming here. panhandling would be fine since it's further than 20 feet. some locals say it will take a more robust approach. >> looking at hiring the homeless people to help do work instead of having them panhandling on the streets here. >> the proposed change will go to a vote possibly putting more restrictions on a growing issue. tonight a scary morning a pet shot grooming for the people and poochs inside.

the front of the building. it happened at the pet star salon. a dog got caught under the driver's feet and she hit the gas instead of the break. her vehicle smashed through the front of the building sending employees running. >> my mom was screaming, "get out of the way! ! "it was crazy. >> reporter: how did the dogs react? >> they were good. the ones in the back didn't know. our other little dog was freaking out. >> no one was injured in the crash. unclear if the driver faces charges. in lake whales an ambulance smashed into a window. officials say there was not a patient in the ambulance and no one was injured.

driver to lose control. bringing closure to families of unsolved homicides -- a mission of a new billboard campaign. various law enforcement agencies are partners to place these billboards around town. they will highlight homicide and missing person cases . >> we continue to look at them. you don't stop for a lot of reasons and that is these people still feeling the pain. we really want to provide closure for them. >> some of these cases date back to 1992. if you have any information please call crime stoppers. turning now, the republican candidates for president are debate. this hours after former candidate mitt romney delivered a harsh speech about front runner donald trump calling him a phony and fraud and he said

a degree from trump university. he said he's playing the american public for suckers. the 2012 presidential nominee issued a harsh warning against his policies. >> his domestic policies would lead to recession and make the world less safe. he has neither the temperament or judgment to be president and his personal qualities would mean that america would cease to be a shining city on a hill. >> mitt romney also warned if trump is nominated, hillary clinton will be elected president. donald trump is not shying away from controversial. he had choice words of his own for mitt romney. >> i backed mitt romney. i backed him and you can see how loyal he is. he was begging for my endorsement. i could say mitt, drop to your knees and he would have. he was begging. >> remaining republicans face

it's the first time trump will come face to face with fox news host megyn kelly after he said she treated him unfairly in a previous debate. tune in here tonight for complete debate coverage. a major step today in concussion research. the new goal for this retired soccer star and how it could help unlock clues. plus this. jilted by their photographer, a local couple made a call for action weeks before their special day. hollywood. she said they are the last about corporate greed and other

breaking news now. polk county superintendent rivers has just resigned. rivers resignation is effective may 6th. the district says he will use

not handle official business for polk county public schools during his paid leave. what happened to one bride and groom weeks before their big day. she is here now with why their story serves as a warning for others planning to tie the knot. >> reporter: they have been planning for a year and two months before they say, "i do" their most important vendor disappeared along with their money. they started dating in high school and two years ago chase and christy got engaged. >> we had everything booked early. >> reporter: including the photographer. shakespeare photography in brandon. >> they stopped answering the phone. i called them every day. >> reporter: the business

1200 dollars. with the couple's wedding just weeks away. >> a month in advance there's no way to book a photographer. i don't know if i can get anyone. >> reporter: i shared their story. >> i can't get enough of the sunset images. >> reporter: two decades ago a wedding photographer stood up shannon and her husband which is why she greed to step in and help them on their special day. >> i wanted to reach out to her that day and say you're okay and in good hands and i promise you i will take good care of you. >> reporter: we surprised the young couple with the news. >> she's going to cover your >> that's awesome. oh my gosh thank you. >> reporter: we introduced shannon to christy.

excited to capture it for her. >> reporter: shakespeare photography appears to have closed their store and didn't notify customers. you need to get recommendations from others before posting your event. many have preferred vendor lists of photographers and ask to see pictures of the entire wedding. if you have a concern or comment, find me on facebook at abc action news jackie. a major medical contribution tonight. the two time limbic olympic gold winner says she's donating her brain to concussion research. she's not sure if she's had a concussion but she suspects she has had a couple and hopes she will inspire other athletes to

tina fey is making headlines again tonight. she was blasting hollywood actors for their speeches at the oscars. she said it's turned into a platform or causes. there was so many of them from corporate greed to sex abuse in church. she said the hollywood a-listers are the last people to complain about greed since most of them rake in millions of dollars for one job. >> people are yelling me about rape and corporate greed but really climate change. i'm like guy, pick a lane. >> she did praise leonardo dicaprio's speech for being articulate and smart. she said ladies are hustling and doing amazing work for less. now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action news weather.

it gets easier this time of year as a meteorologist. >> yes, march and april and may, the summer season is starting it's getting busy. sometimes. although we do have showers rolling in. great shot there. check it out from apollo beach. that's cloudiness rolling in. for the time being, it's quiet but north there are severe and alabama. there's the front and it's coming this way. overnight through tomorrow night and morning scattered showers rolling in and maybe a rumble of thunder or two, especially across the northern counties and the coast. look at the warmth today. temperatures back around 80 degrees in terrier. closer to the gulf and water

clouds at the airport in tampa now. clear ware waur sunny. thought we would see high cloudiness out tonight. a milky look to the sky. those are still several hundred miles to the north and west bringing us rain. if you're going outside and whatever you have planned, the weather will be great. it will be mild and partly cloudy and should be a nice sunset and then all the sudden, overnight tonight into tomorrow morning you may begin to hear rain falling on your roof. i don't think it will be a big deal but i do think it could linger up until early morning hours, maybe 6:00 or 7:00. for most of us you're going to sleep right through it. 8:00 tomorrow morning you will have moved through the metro and pushing across the southern counties. once the rain is gone, our rain chances look to be gone probably

and then we begin to see our next change. it won't be rain or dry that we're talking about. it's heat. an easterly flow sets up saturday and that's something we always keep our eye on because it can create showers over in the east coast. don't think they will make it to polk county but we will monitor it. not like we're tracking a storm or front. just a change of wind direction. in florida that can bring in moisture from the atlantic and a couple showers. overall, we're not talking much. this is the european forecast for tonight and tomorrow. this is where it gets interesting. this is the upper level. when you look at the blue colors, typically it means wintertime. red means warmth. by tuesday into wednesday and thursday we are looking at serious warmth across the sunshine state.

of high lands county or southern polk some time wednesday or thursday will flirt with 90 degrees. most of us in the low to mid 80s and still quite a bit cooler along the beach and by next weekend we're talking a week from sunday things flatten out a bit but still staying well in the upper 70s if not the 80s. we got a heat wave rolling this way. water temperatures 65 degrees and got to figure that will be climbing shortly as well. light chop in the bay and there are your tides and your sunrise and sunset. look to florida's accurate seven-day. we're good to go tomorrow morning. the weekend looks great. 75 on saturday. up near 80 by sunday and we will be in the 80s most of next week. thank you dennis. next, a massive manhunt and this surveillance video catches thieves busting into ten stores.

could put the public in danger. the public safety this driver provides for a living and why this crash could cost him his job . a cop accused of hitting on a victim of domestic violence rather than helping her. tonight he's off the job and how long did he wait to file the police report.

ten thieves break into a gun shop at a houston gun store. they rip the front door off its henges and they used hammers to smash the cases. they got away with more than 50 weapons. an uber driver in california

a tour bus and fighting with police. police saying the uber driver was drunk when he ran a red light and smashed into the side of an empty charter bus. they said the driver was not working for uber during the time of crash but any driver linked to any alcohol related incident is placed on leave. if this driver is found guilty he will be fired. a grave scandal in pols county. some students barely showed up for class with passing grades i feel like you're making criminals out of people that don't deserve it. tampa city council take the first step to ease the punishment for marijuana violations. one mother says it's the first step to saving her son's life.

new details about the events leading up to the moment a

breaking news show a 24-year old man shot and killed by a raleigh police officer was shot four times. he was not shot in the back. >> he was wounded in the arms and chest by twitty. he was fleeing arrests on drug charges. still no word on how these findings affect the investigation. big changes on the way afking drug arrests here in tampa.

>> the move is to give second chances to good people. . >> reporter: dillon's mom says they have done everything to ease their eight-year old son's pain. >> what do do you do when your kid is sick? you will go to any length? >> she's relieved to city tampa city leaders decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. charges that have derailed many people's lives. >> i was studying at the university of south florida. >> reporter: he has three bachelor's degree and one masters and one misdemeanor marijuana charge. >> i was leaving class one day to get food and i had a gram of marijuana on me and i was arrested. >> reporter: tampa city councils passed the ordinance making