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that means of freeze duration of short freeze in the northern zone but marion county could be well over 56 maybe seven hours of freeze, plants and the pets make sure they are inside where cold tonight. much more with the windchill which will -- wind chill which will be a fat or this evening. a lot of questions remain about the fatal shooting involving two police officers about an hour ago, police chief said he was disturbed about what happened last night i did. the man's name 10 days ago following an arrest -- not yet connecting the two. the case since themselves appear to be unrelated, police say they were just here to check on provosts, his his his mug shot -- is his mugshot from his arrest last week that you we don't know whether his arrest played any role in the way here at did when police
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in an instant the commotion brought people outside at the courtney landing condos. >> orlando police were doing a well-being check on 28-year-old eric provost , they found him armed with a gun, neighbors were yelling, that he refused to put the gun down when he didn't they opened fire. >> police say provost father was concerned about him in, and contacted the police. he had been in trouble with the law of last week we showed you orange county deputies arrested him after they say he stole more than 88 thousand dollars in cash from an atm that had been left unlocked by the driver of an armored car. you are -- we weren't able to find provost in his condo the last week deputies say they are investigating the case because someone dropped him off at the bank the night the money disappeared. fbi agents also showed up at the scene of last night shooting but we don't know if
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heist or some other reason. we all know each other. >> we don't know from the investigators whether they were covered any money from the atm heist. we know that the recently started making changes in the way they investigate officer in involved shooting. you're working to bring you more story coming up in the next hour. we of life team coverage of this fatal officer involved shooting. >> the suspect had an air soft gun that look like the real thing. >> the chief said that the suspect refused to listen to orders that's when both officers a started firing. >> eyewitness news talk to police today and he told us
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last night and opened fire on a man and he we did not say how many times. i am sure you have seen the simulated firearms before, they look real an impossible for us to -- and impossible for us to determine that. eric provost refused to drop a bb gun that look like a real one. while we were talking to the chief, he did not show was the gun. we learned the police showed up at the condo after the the suspects dad called 911. he basically said that his son was an acting right. >> the man's that was not at the condo but was nearby in orlando. line today officers crews and saunders are on paid leave. he spoke to them earlier. the are both -- they are both concerned and what to -- want to get back to work and want to get through the process. there are still several questions we are working to get answer whether the suspect point a bb gun toward both the
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i asked the chief the question and he said that information will come out during the fdle investigation. if you would like to listen to what else orlando police said had to say, we posted the news conference on wftv.com/video. shooting in orange county put four -- the four orlando schools -- four orlando schools on that down. our crew talk to the witness who saw the victims minute after he was shot. >> he started crouching down in the car so we thought he he was hurt bad. >> one person was shot near a citgo gas station on pine hills road near evans high school, we have a crew on the scene gathering more information we will have an eight for you. the trial has been put on hold because the supreme court have deemed the florida court system unconstitutional. the trial against fate simsn --
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following the ruling, he's accused of killing alexandra cherry in 2014. it's too soon whether to tell to home and -- invasions could be connected, three men barged into this home on monday morning and investigators said they held the homeowners in children and ransacked the home. they believe the men got away in a chevy impala. the relatives in the case was killed last july in a different home invasion there has not been solved. two people have decided to find a new place do is sleep after their trailer went out went up in flames. carla, do investigators incorporated it's a coincidence it the two fire happened so close together. >> we asked investigators the question at the fire, this is in orlando's jurisdiction, the other fire across the street
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because they are -- county because they are in different jurisdictions they couldn't say whether they are related area day did both have serious damage. two different agencies worked fire said -- fires at two trailers on either side of orange blossom trail near john young parkway, in both cases the men inside were sleep and got out in time. soon as i got to his car poor jim was coming on -- outside which is a sigh of relief, glad he's okay. >> the trailers are within walking distance in this afternoon, we spotted an arson investigator, we asked if he could be related. >> you have an investigator, no fires? so far they don't know what caused either. both are filled with materials that burn quickly. we learn the crews at the second fire where a man had to be taken to the hospital for bigger challenge because of its
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when they got here, he was fully involved, the only complication was the lack of hydrants. we had the fire engine shuttle water from orange blossom trail over to the area. the red cross has reached out to the man in the first fire, offered him a place to stay and the man who was -- men who was here at his home was taken to the hospital woodsmoke -- with smoke inhalation. we will check with investigators and let you know up. stolen cars to blame for a dangerous -- dangerous multi- car crash that put three other in princeton street. they are looking for two men who ran from the stolen car. no one suffered serious injury. a new audit shows the school board was not on top on making sure the cleaning company had to say when he was doing his job.
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students were forced to learning classroom with everything from 30 forced to cockroaches. we read through the audit and you asked officials what they are doing now to stay on top of it? >> he told me they do stay on top of them but not on a daily or weekly basis, this audit is in contrast with district officials tell me who city is up to the contract there's who employs the custodians to manage them. an annual audit from the state of florida claims there's no check and balances at volusia county schools to make sure they are doing the job they are paid to do. they should be continuous >> two years ago they privatized to chris -- custodial services to save money and we reported on ongoing problems the classroom being cleaned with issues from 30 forced to roaches, they months ago costing taxpayers
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mr. an issue or not? >> that's probably unrelated to the audit, we are having issues with some schools not all of them are meeting the level that we have asked for in our contract. in the audit, it read district or seizures have not been established to make sure personnel with direct knowledge confirmed receipt of the services. it increases the risk for overpayment or services not being consistent with the district expert patients. they do check the work of custodians but says it's a contractor's job to keep up with their workers and the hours they put -- hours they put in. custodians are in the school everyday, a lot of time they are at night when employees are not even they -- there. this audit has a response that said they will track estonians and -- students and lawn maintenance workers and school resource deputies. people living in the
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tornado. they estimate it cost millions of dollars sure damage. the tornado pulled apart they are state your case, ruling the roof and not down several trees. they will never forget the weekend. scary. it's so quick. popped up. you get a warning you high downstairs and five minutes later it's over. authorities say about 60 properties had some sort of damage totaling more than $10 million. the first thing he said went downstairs always get on the lowest level. a new effort will help rape the victim struck the -- victim struck the courage to remove -- reported sooner. why could be as simple -- a simple as using a video camera. all new, lake county -- you, lake county fire chief said there's a big glaring problem
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we are lake county, you can't get anywhere fast year. how he plans to improve service to make you safer. world war ii your grenades and bombs remain buried in an empty field where a developer wants to build thousands of houses. why the find your sweet spot today with dunkin's chicken apple sausage sandwich. enjoy sweet apple and savory sausage together for under 400 calories.
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world war ii era grenades and air bombs are remain buried where developers want to build plans to build here near 408 and 117 have been put on hold while they were cleaned up by the government. today orlando's planning and zoning board gave the green light to move forward. taxpayers could end up for it paying for it. it's acres and acres of undeveloped land alone the again.
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to you trying to get answers services. once thousands of new homes move in. it's this not my backyard argument and these folks have to deal with something others don't, homes, it is in the area where the range once was, in 1943 pilots practice their skills dropping bombs. the city banded any development half or a bomb was found in -- at the middle school, city planners gave the developer's to go ahead, the bombs had to be cleaned up first. they offered to clean it up on the government's dime, the developer could not come with an agreement. they wanted an answer to the timing and the cleanup in now of private company will do it instead. something residents are not sure about. about the government
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the long run. basin of research -- researchers up waiting on someone's garage and -- in the residential neighborhood. residents want more time and discussion on what's really going on. they say issues are lurking. and it's not just about the bomb. they think of other things, the deal is hiding. people who live in the community tell us the school district long ago decided it's not safe to go to school here. now we want to know why it's okay for kids to live here. commissioner gregg said that developers have met with folks out there several times and have taken this is harry step to be a good neighbor. they made it clear that something will be built here in the plan is a good one. seminole county and fish and wildlife are read -- reviewing -- officials review the plan enforcement for those people will be suspended, the requirement to secure trash
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west of i -- eye for will take affect on february 7. they still don't know when the airport told plus on the beach line will come down. they told us last year it will be the published during the first weeks of january now they don't know where it will happen. it's part of the project to widen the beach line. a group of churches working with the -- is continuing to try to draw support from other cities. the group phase will hold a vigil before the orange. they are trying to get the city to order homeless recovery presented tonight. daytona beach leaders have struggled to get other cities to buy in. after a long recoveries, for manatees are back in their natural habitats. they are released into the fort st. john today, lord of fish --
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they are all orphans. several groups assisted, and they will be tracked. we are putting a belt and satellite tracking device so they could followed the animal to make sure it should go where it should be going. the rescued manatees were released on the colder day when experts new other manatees will be help congregating near by. snuggling. congregating. >> it's good to get them back out there. the clouds have gone down to the south. we are going to get cold in a hurry, we are down 2 degrees from last hour -- to degrees from last hour, 54 downtown, we haven't hit sunset yet. a sign of how fast things will drop on stuff sun goes. temperatures change, five, seven, 9 degrees colder than yesterday.
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50s for most of us, never got to 50s in new smyrna, still 48. >> a lot of them those tonight dedicated on how light the winds get, light winds colder temperatures on the thermometer. the flipside -- flip side of that, the windchill factor there's will be cold for your evening things, dress for mid 40s. it will feel the cold if you are out in the run, -- all in neuron, 11:00 tonight feels like upper 30s, the actual freezing temperature interior volusia, park of late county, colder pockets will get to light fees, interior flagler through ocala, the -- light freeze, 27 for a couple hours up to gainesville, 27 -- 282 ocala to be on the safe side. the light freeze, because it
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temperatures will be cold tonight from 38 in -- 34 daytona light fees for the land to average to the north, seven hours marion county, it means you have plants protected and if you're concerned about your pulls specially when we get down to their degrees, pull companies tell me to tell you to turn on your pool pumps if you are afraid it is going to freeze and a, temperatures in the low 60 smile 66 -- 60s tomorrow 66 orlando. next storm system arrives friday. mostly most energy will travel to the north friday afternoon, increasingly and the transfer thunderstorms and at this early stage, it doesn't look like a widespread severe weather outbreak across florida. five day forecast, weekend always in view, warming up temperatures and here comes the
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weather again for the upcoming weekend. a port orange family just found out they are -- sold their home at auction to collect and 1900-dollar fee. we uncovered a breakdown safeguards meant to protect students in the classroom. the actions by one local school district after an audit export expose major delay would have -- ground checks. a county fire -- fire chief admits some improvements
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today lake county fire chief said -- said investing in facilities will help improve service, but while he had the money to build two new fire stations, he can't be to run them. the firefighters union says the county should invest in -- county should invest in manpower. either way they do need more fire stations in this, it means building in manpower. in the city of leesburg this is what happened when there's a fire station a few blocks up the street, throughout the county some fire stations are much further away from the
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you can imagine the damage that can be done in the areas. nine-12 stations need to be renovated. the data fire chief gave a detailed description of the state a -- of fire services in the county saying the number one priority is fixing up fire -- of fire stations. that are renovating of our existing stations -- station system priority. that includes getting the staff quarters, getting generators, getting building up to wind load capacity, the chief said after that he would like to see at least two more fire stations for a cost of $5 million and more firefighters it and emts in -- and emts in the street to get representatives believe -- representatives believe the manpower issues should top the wish list. are number one issue is manpower. just this morning we had an fire in asked -- a fire in asked her and two guys showed up in the second -- and if the contract did not show up until 19 minutes after the call. they have no money for extra manpower and they can
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firefighters they do no good. current funding right now, -- the chief and the union believes that if fire services increase and they pay for -- they are willing to pay more for rescue fees. if i get the rating lower after this next year which will reduce insurance premiums, that would be a sale to offset the fire assessment fee. you make a as $25 more but if you save three or $400 a year on insurance, it -- uninsurance, it washes out. most of the costs are calls are medical calls and there's a lot of talk about making several of the fire stations to only have basic life support equipment giving them new equipment so they have advanced life support capabilities. victim advocates hope the new effort will give great victims the courage to reported right away. how a -- video camera could change everything.
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