live from the station taking action for you. this is abc action news. now at 6:00 investigation. a young father found murdered. how loved ones come together as police search for the person responsible. behind bars the actions of and prisoners in harm's way. thank you for joining us. i'm sarina fazan. police found the 27-year- old dead last night and so far no arrest. our reporter joins us live. >> there's going to be a candle

while. this is the apartment where it happened a. deadly shooting inside. several friends and family members have been gathering today forever support in this time. aubdale police were kale -- aur burndale police were called her and decided he was murdered. the family says some valuable electronics and jewelry were stolen from inside. would want to kill this young father with a 5-year-old daughter whofgs a friend to so many in this -- who was a friend in this community. >> everybody loved him. don't matter what race. you know, it didn't matter. he was always everybody's star, you know? so it's just -- it's hard to deal with because that's may baby brother. somebody i was supposed to protect and i wasn't here to

hillary are planning to meet here around 8:00 and hold a vigil. they hope that putting this out there, showing their strength in unity together will get somebody out there who knows what happened here to come forward. if you know anything report it to auburndale police. reporting live here in auburndale abc action news. a driver tries to swerve out of the way of a bicycle collision could not be avoided. he was not in a marked crosswalk and did not have lights on his bike. it happened on friday at around 9:30 p.m. no charges are expected. a woman in jail right now not only accused of hitting a prisoner transport van but sideswipinan officer and driving over another officer's foot. police say they were loading

woman emily spice struck the vehicle. spice drove off but they caught up to her at 2nd avenue north. that's where she's accused of running over another officer's foot. he's okay. she faces several charges including battery on a law enforcement officer. a power in pasc county caes some major headaches. six traffic lights also that caused backups on state road 56. the e is still unknown but crews did restore power. friends and family gathered in jupiter at a memorial service for and wife. a student killed john and michelle in the garage of their home last week in a random attack. they found the 19-year-old biting off pieces of the husband's face. it planned before they -- it

attend the christening of their granddaughter. >> he couldn't wait to meet her. >> some 800 people attended. friends took turns reading love letters that the couple had written to each other over the decades of their marriage. abc action weather. well if you were with us this morning on abc action news this morning you arme talkinabout a roughly 30% through very quickly. we've got about 10% of those showers still left. mostly down around arcadia towards middle class sid lake. avon -- placid lake and along u.s. 27 seeing showers. the dying stages of rains from off of it moving right on schedule along the coast and then pushing inland.

pretty good downpours in some areas but right now most everyone in the metro is clear and dry. 89 in tampa and clearwater. st. petersburg cooler. winds out of the west and north west as the winds have shifted we will see clearing conditions over night. temperatures will stay around the same. down to 83 by midnight. tomorrow morning kicking back the covers at about 78 but even less than today. i'll show you where those drops are likely to fall and what they're expecting for football in jacksonville coming up in an hour and a half. that forecast is 12 minutes away. . >> thank you so much. . saving dogs in need. the spca not only helping dogs in new port richey but also dogs from louisiana.

but if not they will find them new homes. they took in 50 dogs and cats from other overpopulated shelters at home. a fundraiser is happening right now in palm harbor to help a congregation rebuild after a fire. jake peterson joins us live to tell us about this effort, jake? >> and good evening to you. this is the temporary building where church members have been gathering. this orthodox church. they've been here since 2014. that's when fire destroyed the original church. the congregation is having a festival right now hoping to raise funds. this is a picture actually of the building they yingo gefor this new grk church. they saidthat a greek architect actually designed this here. it's costing them $1.8.

but it brought them closer together. >> it did cause challenges, struggles, but through that it brought us much closer together. whoever had the strength in them stayed and that's why we're celebrating. because it's not something you can do on your own. it takes a team, the love of the community. >> now you're of the sacred rel licks. they say -- relics. they say these were saved from the fire. the building was destroyed but these were saved. they will go to the new home. they need approximately $1 million to make this a reality. the celebration is on u.s. 19 in palm harbor until 10:00 tonight. reporting in palm harbor jake peterson abc action news. >> jake thank you. still ahead.

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president barack obama announcing he will visit baton rouge on tuesday. the white house saying he wants to get a look at the impact and to reassure the people of louisiana the country is behind them as they begin to rebuild. a jacksonville man is dead after being mauled by dogs. the 60-year-old was dragged along a fence. here you can see the holes where investigators believe the dogs got out.

taken the four dogs to animal control. the opener says the victim -- the owner says the victim must have provoked them. police have found a girl who was in a car when it was stolen. the driver left her alone for a minute but by the time he came back the car was gone along with the little girl and a small dog that was in it. police say the car both thegirl and dog are okay thief has been arrested. an ohio woman in trouble with the law. she stole an ambulance shortly after being released fr the hospital. tryi home. the metro bus was no longer running but she found a parked ambulance so she took it and took off. they found her using the gps system.

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dozens enjoyed lobster fest for a third year in a row today. several people headed to clearwater for good food and music. it features lobster dinners. a variety of other food vendors are it was originally launched as the palm harbor lobster festival but after such success it was too big is and they moved it to clearwater. the most accurate weather team in florida. abc action weather. >> lobster. >> sounds pretty good. >> you know the difference between florida lobsters and minnesota lobsters right?

>> claws. >> clouds and showers moving through. right now great. 6:15 there's your live look from river gate tower. there's still a few showers around but nothing that's going to get in the way of your enjoyment of this evening. a quick look at that forecast for you. right now #89d degrees. going -- lt degrees. going -- 89 degrees. 84 by midnight. ran don raining dying down tonight. we're going to be clearing and mild into the overnight hours but starting to see the tropics bubble up. three areas to watch out for right now. here's fiona looks like it's going be a fish storm. ows a 50% chance of dwobment. but the folks -- development but the folks at the national

bears watching, 70% chance of development. and we're keeping a keen eye out to the east. if anything bubbles up that we need to let you know about you know you'll see it first on abc action news and abcactionnews.com. up to 90 degrees today. dead on the normal. with 30 years of records showing that that's about the average for this time of year. the overnight low of 80 first thing this morning warmer than normal. and no rain officially at the airport but folks did pick up showers and they road in across the -- rode in across the state. 90 in lakeland. 88 for sarasota and inverness. 90s in winter haven and bar toe. 89 for clearwater and tampa. st. petersburg at 91. real story of the feels like temperatures up towards triple

-- receiver hils. we're going to continue to see that oppressive sort a look at the future cast pu of by 8:00 they'lfizzle out towards the orlando area. overnight clear and lm. by tomorrow we'll pick up even less rain than toda they're going be picking up a lot ofsweat. and it's going be hot as they kick off. feels like 105 as the bucs invade jacksonville. they kick off at about 7:30. temperatures are going remain thisthe upper 80s pretty much through the entire period of that game. out on the water 86 degrees. that is going to rise to about 88 tomorrow. and those temperatures along the beaches are going to stay nice right through sunday as well. here's a look at the seven-day forecast.

no more than a 20% chance of showers tomorrow working into monday as well. we bump that up a little to a 30% chance of rain on tuesday and wednesday. and then we'll back it off to about 30% throughout the week. next weekend little bit of a shift in the weather pattern. we could get a little bit more moisture in and the temperatures will stay similar but a better chance of rain. for now though things looking great for the rest of your outdoor ak tiflts into -- activities into the workweek as well. you can check it out in detail on the news app and on abcactionnews.com. hey everybody. the bucs and jaguars had two practices against oo each other this week. now they're going to play a whole game. preseason tussle number two for the bucs.

tonight with bruised ribs. no reason to risk top line starters. the buc's offense needs to get off to a better start than last week. winston says his own line is getting good. >> i'm so excited to get a chance to practice against different teams because you don't get the consistent blitzes that we see from our defense sometimes. even though our defense throw i think our offensive line did well. two weeks away from college football kicking off including the september 3rd opener for the gators they start against u mass which is a good thing since luke will play his first game as florida's new starting quarterback. the son of nfl coach jack dell rio is glad to have the job.

quarterback competition going. but it helps e team unif and you know, center around one guy. and it's not just because i got named starting quarterback. that doesn't mean i'm the guy of the team. i'm the quarterback. >> yes he is. rays and rangers underwayye trying to improve to 5-0 since the all star break. adrian homered twice last night. chris archer hanging out with the kids from the sheriff's county pal program. he's teaming up with good sports to doe natd sports equipment to -- donate sports equipment to kids. the rays pitcher says he loves sending a positive message to these kids. >> i think they respond very

-- see what they're doing after this. but hopefully i can spark them to do something special. the u.s. women's basketball team wins gold again. they won 49 straight games in olympic play and six goads in the -- golds in a row. the men's team goes tomorrow. a baton handoff exchange zone means a dq. today officials denied u.s.'s track and field appeal of the they took third place but canada gets it instead. usain bolt and jamaica won the gold by the way. his third gold in rio. we'll be back with more news

and if you check out that abc action news app you too can look at this forecast which will take you through evening and into tomorrow. an overnight low of 78 degrees. not much cooler through the next week. and only about a 20% chance of showers tomorrow. looking for a high of abou a great beach day but don't rule out the thunderstorms completely. we'll see them move very quickly from west to east across the viewing area pretty much over the next week or so. keeping an eye on the tropics as three storms are bubbling up right now. >> not done with the season yet. thank you so much for choosing abc action news. the news continues on

welcome to "world news tonight." the swimmer at the center of an olympic scandal. ryan lochte facing questions tonight. >> did you admit that you lied finally? >> seen back home for the first time. what really happened at the gas station in rio and why his teammates are now pointing the finger at him. the new donald trump? his appeal to african-americans, saying they should vote for him because they've got nothing to lose. >> you're living in poverty. your schools are no good. you have no jobs. pregnant women told to stay away from one of the country's most popular vacation spots because of zika. families going to extremes to stay safe. and the warning, there will be more cases. the overturned boat, the family tossed into the river. the frantic race to save a little girl.