porch when shots raping out, bullets hitting both of them. thankfully police tell us they are expected to be okay. officers are working to find answers to several questions, who was responsible and why. is this targeted? taking a look at video as investigators look for anything that may lead them to a suspect. they're looking for a white four-door car, possibly a dodge challenger. neighbors heard several gunshots but police are not saying how many. one of those bullets leaving its mark here in the glass that you see of the front porch window. police tell us that 23-year-old victim is a neighbor who we're told was just hanging out at the house. the child's grandmother inside the house at the time was not hurt. we spoke to a neighbor who didn't want to show her face. she heard the gunshots, ran outside, watched in terror moments after the shooting. the grandmother with her 3-year- old in her arms. >> she was screaming.

the guy that got shot was screaming. i felt helpless. i felt like i wanted to do something and i couldn't. >> reporter: that neighbor called 911, as did others who heard the gunshots. police tell us they don't know if several people were inside the car but they're continuing to investigate throughout the night. we will continue to stay on top of this story and bring you any new developments as they become available. sarah rosario, abc action news. >> thank you, say. a violent criminal off the child. we just got our hands on his arrest report. >> allegations that he abused three children. one victim saying the abuse went on for years. tonight. >> reporter: over the past 14 days, david dean has gone from a family man to a fugitive on the run and now an inmate being held on more than a million dollars bond because he is suspected of raping three children that he knew.

hear it. >> reporter: the 41-year-old lived here in spring hill, a place that neighbors always recall seeing children. >> i feel so bad. >> reporter: hernando county deputies are calling dean's crimes violent and giving very little detail. deputies say dean strangled his most recent victim while raping them, leaving them gasping for year. a second female victim was between the ages of 12 and 18. for answers but got none. finding answers in at least one of these cases will have investigators going back 13 years. deputies say when dean was 28, he started molesting a girl under the age of 12. that woman coming forward just this week claims dean repeatedly raped her throughout her childhood and teen years, pulling her hair and choking her each time. >> i think they hid it very well of things that must have been going on. >> reporter: dean is due back in court next month.

he hasn't yet, he will have to go on home monitoring. the judge has ordered him not to have any contact with the alleged victims or their families. in hernando county, abc action news. now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> all right. really nice conditions out there right now. the winds starting to relax a little bit more. most of them at about 10 to 15 miles per hour at best. so lots of sunshine. minutes. and the temperatures already upper 70s. now, as we continue on through the night, temperatures aren't going to be falling off quite as much as you might think for this time of year. we're going to be near 70 degrees at midnight. still under partly cloudy to mostly clear skies. and overnight, those temperatures falling just into the mid 60s across inch of the area. well above normal for this time of year. i will show you when we will

average coming up in just a bit. jamison. >> thank you, shay. bernie sanders is getting ready to take the stage at the florida state fairgrounds. abc action air 1 over the crowd of supporters there as they filed into the expo hall fresh off of the democratic debate in miami. both bernie sanders and hillary clinton are in tampa to get -- to get your vote. the rally for bernie kicks off in about an hour. as we mentioned hillary clinton also in town today. she held a public rally earlier this afternoon. mayor buckhorn introduced her to supporters. clinton says she will work hard many people face. >> we have made a lot of progress together.

we can honestly say barriers of economic challenges, education problems, health care disparities, other kinds of discrimination and bigotry that hold people back, we have to take it on. >> clinton wants to focus on creating jobs. two other areas she is focusing on, improving infrastructure and climate change. bernie sanders proves he has plenty of fight left in him. he claims he has the best chance to beat donald trump. tonight i'm putting that sanders' claim and trump through the truth-o-meter. >> every poll has shown that sanders versus trump does a lot better than clinton versus trump. >> reporter: that claim by bernie sanders in last week's debate in michigan had a lot of voters scratching their heads. sanders with half the delegates of hillary clinton showing that he could slow down the donald

>> what he is referring to are national polls taken since january that have kind of measured up clinton and himself against trump. >> reporter: we found out six out of seven national polls taken since the start of the year do show voters believe sanders has a better chance to defeat trump than clinton. but polling experts say polls taken well before the start of the general election have historically not been accurate predictors of the november results. still, the truth-o-meter rate the claim as mostly true. >> he has the number one absentee record in the united states. >> that's a claim that donald trump is once again hammering home as the gop heads to marco rubio's home state of florida for next week's primary. >> if you look at the past year, marco rubio has the most true ant voting record in the united states senate. >> reporter: but when looking

actually ties ted cruz in missed votes because trump didn't specify a time period with his statement, the rating is mostly true. >> rubio and cruz missing 15% of their career votes may not be a vote swayer. president obama missed 24% of his votes in his short stint as an illinois senator. moving on the to republicans, they will be debating tonight. abc action news reporter carson chambers is live in miami covering the debate for us. carson. >> reporter: hey there. ted cruz hasn't gotten one u.s. senator endorsement until today. today senator mike lee of utah threw his support behind cruz. that is a tough blow for marco rubio who is a friend. also struggling to gain ground

also interesting, we know that jeb bush is chatting with three republicans before tonight. rubio, cruz and also kasich. while they are in miami. he is not expected to meet with trump. those conversations have been private so far. just five days before florida's primary. bush has not endorsed any of them. also we pulled aside the governor today. he is not giving an endorsement either. >> i'm going to leave it to the voters. i tell people if you go back and look at my recent 2010, i was not the establishment candidate. i was a business person who had never run for office before. i was an outsider. >> reporter: this is the last push on a national stage before florida's primary. we are bound to hear about education, security, and other family issues tonight. 11:00. live in miami, i'm carson >> thank you, carson. taking action for your health tonight. the lakeland clinic is holding

>> the goal is to help 100,000 polk county residents who are uninsured or underinsured. starting tomorrow and oning through saturday, they will help people sign up for medicare or medicaid. they are having a drug review. that means that you can bring in your prescriptions and they will assess any drug interactions, improper doses or duplications. they will also look for ways to lower medication costs. clinic is open from 7:30 every day and closes at 6:00 p.m. on weekdays and 5:00 p.m. on weekends. a new beginning for actress teens in manatee county. where they can go to get guidance for free before they head down the wrong path in life. a license plate with deeper meaning. how people could honor fallen

>> going to go to breaking news right now. the leaders of the wounded

the ceo and coo were fired after complaints from employees about how they spend the money raised in donations. it includes lavish spending on retreats and other costs all at the expense of programs for veterans. a sewage backup threatening a family's health. a single mom says her complaints fell on deaf ears. >> the steps that you need to take next time that you run into tenant trouble. jackie. >> i got e-mails and calls from renters on issues from mold issues to unreturned deposits. we followed one case to a formal hearing to see how the system is supposed to work. >> reporter: the temple terrace apartment delivered erica and her two toddlers from homelessness a year ago. >> the toilet backs up and the water backs up into the tub. >> reporter: but she says she spent most of the last year cleaning raw sewage out of her children's baths.

sewage backs up into the bathtub. >> yes. >> reporter: this renter tells us she called property management repeatedly but no one fixed the plumbing. >> what was the final straw. >> reporter: the notice from the health department saying we had e. coli. >> reporter: the boil water notice proved to be the breaking point for erica, who contacted me. >> it was obviously a serious situation. >> reporter: a county inspection backed up her story. >> the water source was undrinkable. >> tonight at 11:00, i will show you what happened once the county got involved. plus the exact steps you should take if you ever run into trouble with your own landlord. >> thank you, jackie. whether it is landlord, tenant or robocallers, we are taking action for you tomorrow morning. we will have a consumer phone bank tomorrow morning. just call in. >> thanks, jackie. covering manatee county. an outreach program to help at risk teensis growing.

it has opened its new facility on north avenue east or 4th avenue east rather in bradenton. the program gives on-site job training and mentoring to teens at risk of going down the wrong path in life. they also provide coaching for teens who are ready to make a change in their life. more family members may soon be able to honor their loved ones who died while serving in the military. >> you may have seen these gold star license plates on the cars of parents of the fallen heroes much as eric waxler shows us, a new proposed law will put more of these plates on the streets. [music] >> reporter: craig rose wrote this song as a way to honor his son frankie. >> we're trying to get the song into the hands of maybe blake shelton or charlie daniels.

recognition out there. >> reporter: rose opened patriots barbecue after his son was killed after serving in afghanistan in 2011. he had been there for just three weeks. >> i started a journal. it was a prayer journal where i was praying for him every day. and i only have 21 entries in it. >> reporter: now craig and his wife work with veterans groups. they are also part of gold star families. >> we have a saying that we belong to a club that nobody wants to join, but everybody is thankful for. >> reporter: craig and his wife both have gold star family license plates. but lawmakers in tallahassee want to expand those who are available. >> the bottom line is the family nurtured the hero and they deserve our recognition. >> reporter: craig is all for more family members having gold

given out to everyone. they are special and so often people will see it and come up to them. >> they will shake my hand and say thank you for your sacrifice. i know what they're talking about. they know what i represent. >> reporter: if approved, the expanded pool of family members can get their plates july 1st. right now those eligible get one free plate per household. eric waxler, abc action news. >> now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> well, you can't beat the weather we have been having. but the question is how is the weekend looking, especially with the st. pete race grand prix. >> most is looking great when it's a 50/50 chance. >> exactly. you want the odds in your favor. >> i do think the odds are in our favor for a good grand prix this year. take a look from the apollo beach camera. is this gorgeous or what? blue skies and sunshine. the water is calm out there.

area today. our temperatures have certainly been on the warm side, to say the least, right? almost 10 degrees above average for this time of year. as we look at hillsborough county right now, temperatures have come down some from where we topped out today. 77 in tampa. 82 in temple terrace. and we will look in manatee county because i didn't get there earlier. 71 right now in bradenton beach. and 74 in bradenton. lakewood ranch at 74. so we are certainly on the warm side wherever you're at across the area. in lakeland. bartow at 79. temperatures starting to come down. we're about 20 minutes away from sunset. so we are going to see those temperatures falling a little bit more over the next hour or so. keeping it comfortable for tonight. the wind speeds have come down. most around 10 miles per hour.

afternoon around 25 miles per hour quite noticeable. but this is about the end of it. we will continue to see the winds relaxing through the night. and we also remain on the dry side. you can see there titan doppler radar, nice and dry. no rain in sight. nothing moving in any time soon. this slow-moving system is going to inch its way in our direction. it will take until sunday before this front fizzles out as it moves across the state. in the meantime, we continue with that warm and humid southeasterly flow. also staying on the dry side. lots of sunshine out there. in fact we're not even seeing cloud cover that is real thick across the state right now. so this warm trend sticks around for a bit. as this front rolls through, it just fizzles out. and the majority of the moisture stays to the north. that's why i say the grand prix is in pretty decent shape for sunday because we start off on the dry side. the heaviest rain will remain from tampa bay on north.

counties. most of the rain will hold off until after noon and continue through the night. it's decent timing and setting up to the north. i think that gives us a decent chance of getting those races through in st. pete. it's not a guarantee, but certainly in better shape than what we could be with the front rolling through. for tonight, we're looking at temperatures in tampa around 67 degrees overnight. that will be as cool as it gets. still on the humid side but with less wind. if you're planning to head out tomorrow as the grand free kicks off, in st. pete temperatures will be a little more mild, making it up to about 80 degrees as the high. and our average is around 76. certainly above average temperatures. i will show you the 7-day real fast. you can see the chance for rain about 50% coverage on sunday. most of it to the north. chance of rain early next week. back to you guys. hello, folks.

head, scores will score as they did today around one of the valspar championship. one that struggled was defending champion jordan spieth. he was all over the golf course. mostly missing left which is never good on this track. spieth had six bogeys to go with one lone birdie today. so jordan needs to get on the horse tomorrow to make the weekend. the clubhouse leaders bradley and ken duke are at 4 under par. all right. the indy car season gets underway this weekend in st. pete. it is a long season. but you can bet every race team wants to win this week. john sabol tells us why. >> reporter: winning the first race of the season can do wonders for a driver, especially when the race is the grand prix of st. petersburg. >> if you get that points lead early, you seem to give the team momentum.

also lead to an indy car championship at the end of the season. two drivers that won the grand prix in the last five years went on to win the indy car championship, including will power. >> it seems to click with me mere. >> reporter: he has won the most grand prixs with three victories. >> hopefully we're going to continue pushing to the place that we want to finish. one, two, three, four. that's what we're looking for. >> reporter: then there's scott dixon, the defending indy car champion. however he has never won in st. petersburg. >> i've spent a lot of time in the city. i love the track. it provides one of the best street course race that's we have on the schedule. >> reporter: reporting in st. pete, john sabol, abc action sports.

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tonight, the assault at a trump event. new images of a trump supporter going after a protester. the punch caught on video. and what that trump supporter said right afterward about what he'll do next. as ted cruz, marco rubio and john kasich prepare to take on trump tonight. breaking news. the deadly storms hitting right now.