captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 comments@captioncolorado.com shots fired overnight leaves a suspect dead coming up. >> plus, a frantic search is going on right now on lake thonotosassa and why officials say he jumped off his boat. >> i think you'd have riots. >> this morning, a warning from a brokered convention being a bad idea. first at 9:00, we start with a breaking news update. police have shot and killed a

they say he fired a shot at them hitting one officer's riot shield. >> this started after a woman called 911 about a domestic disturbance. abc action news reporter corey dierdorff has the update. >> reporter: first off, we're very lucky. no officers were injured during the whole ordeal. the neighborhood is still shut down. you can see the 3300 block of west cherokee here in tampa. crime scene investigators are looking over evidence. we've seen detectives going door-to-door asking if anybody had heard anything. it all started about 1:10 this morning where a woman inside of avenue called 911. officers rushed to the scene and were met by an armed man in the doorway of the house. that man pointed a gun at the first arriving officers before going back into the house.

tpd officers tried to get him to surrender for 45 minutes pep came back, raised a gun and shields dead center. tpd spokesperson says the officers are lucky to be alive. >> i don't know why the gentleman pulled out the gun and fired, but he did, and luckily, the shield was there and the officers responded as they are trained to do, which is when somebody fires upon you, you have to respond with force. >> reporter: those officers will remain on routine investigation unfolds. they speak with people here in the neighborhood and put all of the pieces together to answer still has. live in tampa this morning, corey dierdorff, abc action news. happening right now. a dive team is back out on the water searching lake thonotosassa after jumping off of his pontoon boat. the crews were out there last old. friends say he was on a boat

the water to grab a pool noodle. they say he panicked as he swam and never resurfaced. the search. we'll let you know as soon as we get new information. tampa police say two juveniles are under arrest after crashing a stolen car into a silver springs home. officers tried pulling over the driver, but the driver took off, crashed into a fence and into a house on mulberry street. tampa fire and rescue crews say the home is structurally sound. this morning, police are on the trail of a serial arsonist. surveillance cameras caught the photo of the suspect. police tell us the suspect started at least five fires in the last two months in a six- block area of the lake crescent neighborhood. detectives are warning neighbors to be on the lookout. good morning. it is oh, after 9:00 here. i don't know about you, but i'm sick of this fog situation.

three days that we closed the sky way as a result of the fog. that will continue for the next couple of hours. the it 'em chores right now are patchy, but where it has formed is right along the water. you've had to do lots of loops around. 50s and 07s by the afternoon and climbing into the low 08s. we have rainfall to contend with. on the backside of this, not only are we getting rid of the fog, we'll get rid of the warm and muggies. we'll have the details of the cooler weather to see if janelle has been able to open up the sky way. >> i do not have the power, but you know, we have been watching troopers drive back and forth across the bridge. that's how they check it out to see if it's safe to drive. they are saying it's still not

the sunshine sky way is still closed. you have a couple of options here. you under pinellas county and cut through tampa through 275 to get onto i-75 to head south. you can take the gandy across and get on the leroy expressway. a little bit of congestion once you get off the bridge into tampa. as you head east, it looks good on the expressway. a little slow westbound for those folks trying to get back on the bridge if they are headed over to pinellas county. taking i-75 from the south heading north, all in the green so it's a smooth ride. it's going to be a long one. about 30 minutes to get from 275 to i-4. fans of frank sinatra, jr. are remembering him after his sudden passing yesterday. he was set to perform tonight at the mahaffey theater in st. pete. he went into cardiac arrest while on tour and died. some of you are sharing your favorite songs on our facebook

many of them, covers of his famous father's hits. [music] [music] >> frank sinatra, jr. followed his father into the music industry. he worked as his dad's musical director and conductor before becoming a singer in his own right. when he was 19, he was kidnapped and held for ransom for two days. the staff at the theater has a message posted on its web site expressing sympathy. information on ticket refunds is also available on that site. turning now to the race for the white house. a warning today from donald trump thanks to a boost from his win here in florida. he is the only candidate that can clinch the gop nomination without going to a split. he's calling for the republicans to support him.

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>> that video of clinton barking like a dog is from a february campaign rally where she told a story about a dog who barked whenever anyone lied. they move closer to clinching their party's nominations. last night, hillary clinton posted this image on her twitter account writing "trump is fanning the claims of chaos and violence." two candidates will both be in arizona today ahead of its primary. rick perry will join cruise at its rally and glenn beck will also stump for cruz. today, president obama's pick to fill the vacant supreme court seat will be on capitol hill. president obama nominated a

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has said garland won't even get a hearing. republicans want the next president to choose the next supreme court justice. polk county deputies need your help catching three people wanted in a fraud investigation. they tell us they already have five people in custody in this bust. deputies tell us this group worked together to cash multiple phony checks from a stolen bank account. the bank belonged to a law firm in sarasota. this investigation startd when the law firm called the sarasota police department after realizing something was wrong. if you have any information on the three suspects they are looking for, call the sheriff's office or call anonymously, 226-tips. still ahead a store clerk's quick thinking may have saved a baby's life, and it's all caught on the store security cameras. this incredible story is next. >> plus, seaworld is making historic changes after announcing today that it is

we'll tell you about the plan for all new educational orka encounters plus who seaworld is teaming up with to protect

. >> breaking overnight, seaworld just made a major announcement. the killer whales currently at its theme park will be the last generation at its parks. it's partnering with the humane society to introduce natural orka encounters instead of the current theatrical shows. the change will start in the san diego park next year followed by san antonio and orlando in 2019. new video this morning shows the colorado convenience store trusting her intuition. see her there? she's grabbing that baby's arm and she's going to pull that baby right out of the woman's arm just as the mother starts to have a seizure.

pay for a drink when she started possibling and had a glazed look on her face. the clerk pulled her from her mom's arms just before the woman fell over. police say both mom and baby are fine today. this morning, an arkansas hospital is reopening its operating rooms after a deadly brain disease forced them to close for more than a day. crews spent last night fayetteville. the hospital discovered yjd in its operating rooms. it's highly unlikely this disease spread to patients. it is always fatal. the hospital replaced its surgical instruments. the doctor says its clinic is seeing a huge uptick in surgeries. the number of procedures scheduled at his appelton practice increases just before march madness begins. the reason? because afterwards, patients are instructed to take it easy for a few days and watching

take it easy order men will actually follow. >> some of them absolutely admit it. some will kind of ask him if that had any part in their thought process, and they say no, but you can see the little twinkle in their eye. >> reporter: caught! according to the doctor, thursdays and fridays are especially busy days for the practice. after five days of searching, hope was dwindling. a young, tenacious dog proved everyone long. take a lack at luna who had been missing for over a month, assumed dead after going overboard from a fishing boat in the pacific. everyone thought she was lost at sea but it turns out she survived. just yesterday she was reunited with her family. high water in the deep south and tornado alley living

>> flood waters continue to inundate the south. the midwest is seeing devastating windstorms and tornadoes. take a look at video from louisiana. crews are working to recover dozens of floating caskets that were unearthed with cemeteries flooded. >> and in the west, devastation wasn't from water but from wind. powerful storms whipped through illinois leaving damaged homes and downed trees. in iowa, tornadoes leave people cleaning up the damage after twisters ravaged their communities. and emerging is a symbol of hope in iowa. that wedding dress is believed to be blown many illinois. police hope it will be a get great site to return it to whoever it belongs to. it's a winter hurricane. let's take to you the forecast to show you what's going on.

you can see the swirl over the great lakes. we're talking about winds in excess of 60 miles per hour with blowing snow and out ahead of it, we have the torrential rain and severe weather. of course farther south, we've been talking floods. it's farther south we go. this is where the frontal boundary associated with that low is positioned. we stall out and move very slowly. showers and thunderstorms are firing along that line. as it continues sinking farther south, we'll get into that rain. we have rain to get through over the weekend in two rounds. the first will come friday night. for now, we're in good shape save for a couple of showers tomorrow. the additional moisture would be about it. as we head friday night into saturday night into sunday morning as this low continues to push in money we'll be able

all of that will get through here. by the time we get that monday morning, we will be into the clear air and into much cooler temperatures. issues so far have been the patchy fog. we have quarter mile visibility. the sky way will be up in a few minutes to let you know the status on that. widening out the shots. no significant change across the peninsula. let's see this, and that air mass is coming our way as we get ready for much cooler temperatures sunday into monday behind that secondary front that pushes through. we'll say good-bye to the 80s for now. low to mid-08s and cooler with the wind off the water and along the coast with the fresh.

75, and we have been going in the right direction. i think peelful. a couple of showers tomorrow and again friday night. round one of showers and storms saturday morning. we'll get a break saturday and back into rainfall saturday into sunday followed by the final clearing, which will lead us into the early part of next week and into that shot of very chilly temperatures. look at that, upper 40s in tampa, which you know what that means, lower and middle 40s with high temperatures struggling to reach 70 degrees. 19 minutes after 9:00. we're taking action for you if you have buyer's remorse about a tattoo. 45 million americans have them and many wish they didn't. the tattoo removal business is booming and might be bigger if the process wasn't so painful and pricey. dan shaffer has more now in his angie's list report. >> this one on aisle 17 is really out of impulse.

tattoo was a good idea tee tim. times have changed, and so has she. >> i am close to finishing up my degree and realize that i didn't want it to interfere with career choices. >> reporter: job opportunities are by far the number one reason people remove their tattoos. laser technique marie coughen berry too says it's also because of a relationship that didn't last. >> i was always told from the beginning don't put nun's name on you. i cannot tell you how many do. >> reporter: make sure that laser is designed for taking off tattoos. a black tattoo takes act to ten treatments. colored ones up to 20 visits. each scheduled 6 to 8 weeks apart. >> we have to go gradry. we don't want to harm the stun in any way so you have to heal properly in between treatments. >> reporter: not all tattoos will disappear.

meant to be permanent so have realistic expectations because not all tattoos will be able to be removed completely. >> i'll be willing to take as take. >> reporter: three out of four tattoo removal patients are women in their 20s. the costs can run anywhere from by insurance. you can get more on our web site, abcactionnews.com. and good morning, everyone. tomorrow is the opening day of florida's largest home show. admission will be on us. the details of abc action news

earlier this month, we told you about people upset about pre-peeled oranges sold in plastic packaging. >> now people are taking to social media to complain about pre-peeled avocados. they were already cut in half and sold in plastic packaging. >> people said plastic is wasteful when avocados already have a natural cover. earlier this month, whole foods announced it's no longer selling pre-peeled oranges. getting a look at nike's first ever self-lacing shoes. >> they are called hyper adapt and have a light in the sole of the shoes. by pressing the button, you can make them boost or snug. nike says the new shoes will be available during the holidays, but you have to be a member of nike's fitness portal, nike plus.

of florida is losing millions of dollars. why college students avoiding a

now at 9:30, one man is dead after a confrontation with tampa police. a call that brought the suspect face-to-face with officers and what they say he did that left them with no choice but to shoot. >> five teens arrested in this parking lot, accused of robbing about a half dozen women across tampa bay. the way police finally caught up with them. >> and the fight for rambo. this morning, the argument one lakewood woman is making to officials in hopes of keeping her beloved pet alligator. good morning and thank you for joining us on this

>> i'm lindsay logue in for dan this morning. we start with traffic and weather together. janelle and ivan are here. ivan, we start with you. any luck with the weather today? >> we're really for most of us, the fog is not an issue. if you are headed out and try to get onto the sky way, that is a problem. visibility again has not been a problem, just like yesterday across a lot of areas it is very patchy. we'll continue to see that for the next hour or so. then lower 70s and lower 80s. the humidity is really up and temperatures will be in the low 80s with upper 70s by later this evening. then we have the rain that we've been talking about. if you thought we would roll

check the seven-day forecast in a second. i see a lot of fog behind you. that is not fun at all. >> the sunshine sky way is still closed. it has been closed since 5:00. this is what it looks like at the very top. still too dangerous. this is one of them. the howard franklin. it's taking 13 minutes to get across the bridge. let's check your drive times through 275 through downtown tampa, looking great. once you cross the bridge, you have a smooth shot up to downtown. >> on 275, that's good news there. if you are taking the drive northbound on i-75, you are going to have to take the

seven minutes from i-75 to downtown. >> thanks, janelle. breaking news. a man who shot at police is dead after officers shot back. tampa police responded to a domestic disturbance. when police got there, they say a man opened fire. >> new information coming into the newsroom at 9:30. five teenagers arrested suspected in a crime spree. >> ashley says police spotted the vehicle that's been linked to the crimes. good morning, ashley. [no audio [some. >> reporter: police officers followed the jeep grand cherokee in from the road and

officers moved in on the lot custody. only one is over the age of 18. eagle lake. 16. this group stole purses from at least six different women. the police joined forces from all over the area. the m.o., one suspect asks for directions, gets close to the woman and snatches her purse. tuesday, a woman fell to the ground and smashed her wrist. another is scared to shop alone now. >> i'm afraid. i'm afraid in the public. i don't know who to trust. i don't know who is approaching

something to cause me harm. i'm afraid. >> reporter: we know this jeep was stolen back on march 9th. one 17-year-old who has the keys and is being charged with grand theft of a motor vehicle. they are all from lakeland. i spoke with winter haven police and they said they are trying to close their case. that's what more than half a dozen other agencies will be doing as well. ashley knorr, abc action news. police say there was a fight that broke out on north 5th street and that fight turned violent. the victim in this case is expected to survive. officers have not released a suspect description. this morning, highway patrol is investigating why a truck driver lost control and into a

it sent that bus into another. more than 60 students were taken to the hospital, some with broken legs and broken angles. crashing into the back of a school bus in pinellas park yesterday afternoon. one student on board but she and the driver were not hurt. the weapon who hit the bus wasn't hurt, either. the hulk hogan case started about a half hour ago. shock jock bubba the love sponge is refusing to testify. jurors saw a video deposition from bubba's ex-wife. heather cole testified she didn't know she was being taped with having sex with hogan. hogueson suing gawker for posting the video online.

on a deadly rampage n. is suing uber. adultton is claiming that working for uber caused psychological damage. he says he went on a shooting free killing several and injures others while working for uber. a lakeland woman who was fighting to keep her beloved pet alligator, i posted that on my facebook page yesterday. it was shared almost 200,000 times. we're checking in with mary today. we're checking to see if she's going to be allowed to keep rambo. mary thorne rescued rambo 11 years ago. now the trained docile reptile has outgrown its current home according to an ordinance. they told mary because rambo is now 6 feet long, he is required to live on a minimum of 2 acres, which mary doesn't have. mary says the rule didn't exist when she was originally licensed to keep rambo. she doesn't know what she would

>> i don't know how i would react. i wouldn't want to go on. i sat there and watched my son die of cancer and then he's the only thing that he have. >> rambo also has a skin disorder that prevents him from being outside for long periods of time. living in the wild would be deadly for him. we'll let you know what's decided both on air and we'll post an update on our facebook page. spring break this year just isn't what it used to be. that's according to college students. the spring breakers and business owners are describing this march as empty. a major factor is the new ban on alcohol on the beaches during the month of march. the crackdown is in response to problems with spring break last year with an alleged sexual assault in broad daylight. another issue, restrictions on

today is st. patrick's day. if you have to work, you have another chance this weekend to have fun and celebrate all things irish. the river-fest's highlight is the. also, we're taking action to make sure you get home safely you party and can have a designated driver. call a cab or ride service if you drink too much. you put the phone numbers and web links to all of these services in an article that's mosted right now on our abc action news app. it shouldn't be happening with minors or anything like that. he should know better. >> teachers under fire after what popped up on the projector in one california classroom. why parents say what was shown is something their children

>> plus, if you are a frequent credit card user, you are probably really cautious about who you give your card number to, but could you catch a 3- second credit card skimmer move in up next, it only takes a few seconds to pull off a major

new video this morning of a california high school math teacher looking at lingerie online as the students were taking a test. what the teacher didn't know was that his computer was still connected to a projector and on the big screen for all of the students to see. several students recorded video of the incident with their cell phones and posted it online. this incident happened last week, but parents were just notified this week. >> if he can't control his web surfing for lingerie around impressionable teenagers, even if he hadn't had the projector on, what if one of the students had a question and walked up and saw that on the screen. >> the principal says the teacher is on administrative leave and could be fired investigation. police are looking for the man caught putting a skimming

terminal. three seconds. as he does it, a customer is just feet away from him. police say the device catches information from a credit card's magnetic slim. the first in the nation's gambling addiction curber. if it's successful, the system would be imposed statewide including major resorts being planned by wynn and mgm. it would allow slot machine players to set a budget before receiving this. checking live in dub ling,

very popular with tourists and nightlife right there. the red building is the temple bar pub. it's about 4 stories. it's always packed. parties have been under way in ireland all night long. to help you get into the spirit, head to downtown dun eden for pinellas county's largest celebration. it starts in just a few hours. flanagan's irish pub it hosting a festival featuring dancers, music, and plenty of corned beef and cabbage and guinness. they said it will flow until midnight. >> will the weather cooperate? >> temperatures in the0s will be in great shape. unless you are celebrating on top of the sky way, you have no problem. >> look at the sky. this is where we're good for

the sky was up 400 feet with the low cloud base there. that was a nice day at apollo beach. we'll continue to see plenty of afternoon. if you are heading out to the festival, here's the forecast as you check in with temperatures in the 70s and muggy. keep in mind, we're about an hour and 15 minutes away from the festival in dun eden. temperatures for the rest of us into the 70s. a little grain here. it will jump another 15, 17 degrees. look at the showers and storms firing along this frontal boundary. it will come in two phases friday into saturday as well. watch as we head through friday afternoon. we'll be okay and then it's

this final one will come in saturday into sunday. west. back behind it as i show you. as this time of year, we could go spring. low to mid-80s and 70s along the coast with the southwesterly winds. sunrise and sunset as you check on the seven-day forecast. we'll keep it into the 80s for the first part of the weekend saturday again. round one and then saturday morning we'll get things under way here. 70s. still ahead, if you are thinking of renovating your off tomorrow. >> and coming up on positive

we have an update right now to breaking news. we have learned the name of the man shot and killed by tampa police earlier this morning. police say 54-year-old sonny chen shot at police outside of his home on cherokee avenue morning. that's when officers fired back killing chen. sold.

good morning, everybody. abc action news is a proud sponsor of florida's largest home show happening at the florida state fair ground. first we've got abc action news free friday. admission will be all day tomorrow on us. kids 12 years old and under will get in free. the big news is that more and more people will be going to the home show looking for outdoor kitchens. general are fer says that's not what they are looking for. more complicated but yet easy. what's your favorite part about going to the home show? >> just the people. educating them on how easy it is to have an outdoor kippen in your backyard. >> you told us about the bigger options now.

>> a lot of folks think they have to spend all of this money, get a contractor, build a kitchen on site. they don't realize they are pre-fabricated and you can have it placed in your backyard like patio furniture, no permits in an inexpensive way compared to building it on site. >> you are based out of the west central florida area. >> is this just a florida phenomena? >> so it's the entire united states? >> what would you say is the next common question folks ask you you all? >> are permitted required? >> -- are permits required? >> there are so many different restrictions that they can't put a kitchen here. they have to have it because with these there's no fuss. >> thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> i look forward to visiting

>> florida's largest home show starts tomorrow and again action action news free friday admission is on us all day

live pictures here with the sunshine sky way. we're not going on five hours of this sky way closure and it's still closed. that's what happens when you have 400 feet of elevation. temperatures climbing from the 70s to the 80s. if you are sick of the warm and cooldown. we have to get through the rain on monday. giggle this morning?

will do the trick. we all say monkey see monkey do. >> this monkey is surprised by magic and the fact that he can't do it. watch. keep watching. [ laughter ] if this baboon could talk, he would say, what! >> the white card completely vanishes from the man's hand leaving the baboon in total shock. the video went viral shortly after. >> look at his eyes. [ laughter ] >> he's like what happened? >> he's so cute. >> and then we've got that video posted on our web site, abcactionnews.com if you want to watch it or share it. >> "fab life" is next.

>> today on "fablife"... >> top o' the mornin' to ya. >> top o' the mornin' to ya. >> top o' the mornin' to ya. >> it's a "fablife" st. paddy's day. >> a little irish shakedown. >> ooh, it's heavy. >> cute and chic. >> diy decor to make friends green with envy. >> chef stuart o'keeffe. >> a quick beef stew. you end up with this. plus... for drinking. well. >> that's genius! (cheers and applause) >> top o' the mornin' to ya. or afternoon. (laughing) >> you did it so much better in the back. >> i know. (laughter) >> i was really practicing my irish accent for you guys today because it is st. patrick's day. (cheers and applause) >> all right, you get a pass. you get a pass.