for the soccer stadium. they already paid more than a million dollar from the land. we found out the city is now on the hook the contamination. shannon butler is live downtown. the city isn't sure how much that will cost. >> reporter: well, it's hard to know. you can see here construction has not even started out here. that's because after the city bought this piece of property they found problems in the soil. the problem lies right there with car parts and twisted metal. >> this piece of land will someday be a home of fire station 2. the city bought the land after the old fire station was torn down to make way for the orlando soccer stadium. >> firefighters are in this temporary building that's now become more of a permanent one. the city bought the property on robinson street in 2014 for

environmental consultant did a site assessment. they did not find any significant environmental concerns. the city wrote the check and closed the deal. >> in 2015 just after this ground-breaking in september and the chief's promise to the community -- >> our level of service will increase and it will be better for the citizens as a whole. >> the contractor while digging to pour the foundation found all sorts of car parts in the soil and said it's contaminated. >> it's not surprising it was home to a salvage and junk yard. you can see the holes. the cost we have learned could be between $500,000 and $1 million to dig it up. it's a good lesson in buyer beaware because the fire station will likely cost you twice as much.

to the fire chief today but the city said he was out of town. the city said there's an investigation into this soil that includes some tests that aren't back yet. once the tests come back they will know what kind of scope they're dealing with here to clean up and then and only then will they know how much it will cost. we are live tonight in parramore, shannon butler, channel 9, eyewitness news. >> the city told us they will try to get a site agreement with the state to recover some of the money. that could get 75% of the clean up money back. tonight a seminole county toddler is recovering from a gunshot wound. the little girl was shot in the hand and now her mother and her mother's boyfriend are facing child neglect charges. roy ramos is outside the sheriff's office right now. roy, investigators say they found ammunition in the garage where the little girl was playing. >> reporter: bob, child protective services said that child will be staying with other family members. we wanted to

well being of that child following this investigation. >> sanford police tell me a toddler is lucky to be alive after she was shot in the hand while investigators say she was left alone in a garage that had a firearm, drugs and several rounds of ammunition tuesday night. >> it was 26-year-old erin davis and volia systems that were supposed to be caring for the child. >> they were placed under arrest for charges, child neglect and then also improper storage of a firearm. >> according to the report we were able to obtain davis and simms took the toddler to central florida hospital but when questioned by investigators their stories continued to change. they say neither simms nor davis would say who the gun belonged to. >> there was some inconsistencies in the stories that we were given. our investigators did determine that the juvenile was left unattended in a garage. >> after speaking to the grandmother of the toddler who told me she would be caring for

protective services with the sheriff's office. they did say they were investigating. i asked what was being done for the well being of the child. they said every case is different but a caseworker will check on the child. >> anybody that owns a firearm the responsible ownership is making sure they're stored and secured. >> reporter: both simms and davis have bonded out. that toddler is recovering from her injuries. outside of the seminole county sheriff's office, roy ramos, channel 9, eyewitness news. we have some breaking news right now from tallahassee. a fundamental change to florida's stand your ground law appears to have stall in the florida legislature. that controversial measure would have shifted the burden of proof making it harder for prosecutors to bring charges against people who claim stand your ground defense. the nra had been pushing for the change that passed the senate but failed to make it to the house

tonight investigators are still working to track down the last of 12 suspects who are facing charges in the major heroin trafficking operation. today federal investigators in the orange county sheriff's office announced they have busted up a group of street level dealers that was operating like a business. they say the suspects were bringing in roughly $100,000 a week by selling heroin mostly in parking lots in the i-drive area. the search for a missing boater on lake boclair will probably pause for the day at. 76-year-old william robel went fishing on his boat. he was staying at a campground with his family. the waters were choppy and cold then and still are still. that's making it keep difficult for the divers. one eyewitness saw his robel's boat circling on its own a few hour after it launched. if you were watching at 5:00

this home on jean drive an goldenrod in east orange county. the homeowner said nobody was inside and there were no injuries. the count down is on as space x makes a second attempt to launch its falcon 9 rocket. that set is to deliver a communication satellite into object. it was scrubbed yesterday over concerns about the oxygen temperature. melanie holt is at cape canaveral. they will make a fourth attempt at an ocean landing with the reusable rocket. >> reporter: it's just not feasible. there's not enough known to know if it will land. the chances are success are low but that doesn't mean that a lot of people aren't routing for space x to accomplish this feat.

launch aboard a falcon 9. the original mission in september was delayed after the rocket was rounded for 6 months after a failure last summer. now space x is flying an upgraded version of its falcon 9 for the second time since december. once sec 9 is placed on the path they will attempt to land on an ocean platform. it's more challenging than landing on the ground and will mark a fourth attempt at a water landing for space x. >> it's going to burn so much fuel they won't have fuel to get the booster back to cape canaveral. that's going to happen in the future as well. this is part of their long-term reuse and recovery and cost effectiveness profile. >> reporter: space x said the weather conditions are more favorable than yesterday, by about 80%. upper level and ground level winds remain a concern today. today's launch window opens at 6:47 p.m.

will be right here. live in cape canaveral, melanie holt, channel 9, eyewitness news. the city of orlando has paid a police sergeant and breast cancer survivor $200,000 to drop her lawsuit. she accused the city of threatening her with termination for making her wear a protective vest. the city said it settled to avoid costs. an orlando firefighters own work may have saved himself and owns from prolonged exposure to asbestos. he discovered a report that showed it had asbestos inside. at 5:00 we told you those firefighters is now met with a doctor. steve barrett is back at the apartment complex right now. steve, that one firefighter dug through city documents to expose the danger.

firefighters who said they immediately began asking questions when they were told this was their training ground, this old apartment complex. they were told don't worry about it, get back to work. one firefighter didn't take that for an answer and dug this file right here up out of the city documents. it is an asbestos report on this very apartment complex. that firefighter may have saved his fellow brothers and sisters and the fire department from more health risks. >> i was skeptical before i went out there. >> robert goldenberg said he wondered if asbestos was present inside the boarded up lake side village apartments. this is picture of a firefighter who found the documents that proved it. >> today he and more than a dozen others learned revealing this document reduced their risk significantly. >> it was not done in the appropriate manner. it wasn't done in the manner that the epa

>> doctor stan hans explained that reduz ing-- that reducing exposure to two weeks is better. >> it will be evaluated. >> fire department brass did not identify the problem, the at risk firefighters had to research the buildings themselves. the city has not said if anyone will be held accountable for putting firefighters in danger. that angers those who have to worry about their health for decades. >> things won't wrong in the get go. >> reporter: this chapter is about to end. the city is expected to sell this property for redevelopment. steve barrett, channel 9, eyewitness news. a religious mural painted on state property without permission is now gone. the

restore the interstate 4 ramp in orlando to its original condition. fdot said the painting was done without knowledge. e-mails show people complained about the mural as far back as july. we asked the state about the restoration and if anyone will face any consequences but we did not get an answer. a melbourne man said he's still shaken up after police showed up at his home with guns drawn and ordered him outside. >> he said it was a hostage situation here with some guy named john and i had all these weapons and grenades. >> new at 6:00, the bizarre phone call that sent them there. >> plus, guns and booze sounds like a dangerous mix. next, what the new owner of the new volusia county gun range is doing to keep his customers safe. >> gusty wind still topping 30

a bizarre phone call sent police to an innocent family's home. >> someone called melbourne police demanding money and threatening to shoot up the neighborhood. >> melanie holt spoke to an army veteran who said he was ordered out to be greeted by officers. >> mark walked out of his front door to see more cops than ever before. he's still shaking. >> they were everywhere. they were lined up here and at the end of the street like they were marching back and forth. >> he was in his melbourne home watching tv when his home was rounded by police. >> they told me to come out with my hands out. i walked out to the street. >> he had no idea why he was there. he was the victim of swatting. someone called police making threats including it's going to be another 9/11. that person claimed to be calling

>> i was an rpb at my front door and i'm ready for someone to come in. all right. >> he said he had his parents locked up and made a ransom demand. >> you're going to send me $10,000 or more to my store and you're going to leave. >> there must have been 100 police everywhere. >> he allowed melbourne police inside his home where they found no weapons and no evidence of calls to his department. he called the or deal frightening and embarrassing and said neither he nor police can say who is responsible. he doesn't take the suspect's actions lightly. >> they need to stop because they're going to hurt somebody and they're going to ruin families. >> police tell me they still don't know where this swatting call came from. reporting from melbourne, melanie holt, channel 9, eyewitness news. >> while it may be difficult police tell us it's not impossible to track down the caller. they will be collaborating with the fbi and homeland security to do just that.

of dollars short a new uso welcome center at orlando international airport will break ground tomorrow. they want to open this summer but they still need $300,000. the orange county sheriff's office wants $140,000 to buy two high-tech bomb detection devices. they could defect devices in realtime. sheriff jerry demings said it would allow searchs to be done quickly. the money to buy those devices would come from the law enforcement trust fund. commissioners will vote on tuesday. today is the eve of the death of trayvon martin. his family was invited to talk to local attorneys and judges about social justice.

lawyers and all community leaders about the need for moral people to stand up to immoral laws. >> benjamin crump said he will use the message to continue pushing for the legal system change. if you drive around st. louis there's a road closure you need to know about tonight. starting at 10:30 both the north and southbound lanes of canoe creek road will be closed for about 4 hours. traffic crews said they will be conducting a follow-up investigation. drivers will be redirected to take pain street to court avenue and deer run road. free power for solar homeowners is what some groups are pushing for now in the form of a state constitutional amendment. now the supreme court is going to weigh in. the florida supreme court will hold oral arguments on march 7th to make sure it's not misleading. it would allow homeowners to

the owner of volusia county's first indoor shooting range with a restaurant and bar is open for business. customers can actually rent guns but if they bring their own they must be locked in the car when they finish shooting. there's no guns allowed at the bar. the owner said that staff will be watching. the only place not under video surveillance is the bathroom. employees will be scanning id's when customers order drinks or enter the shooting are range. >> it's going to record the time, let me know some information about you, whether i want to let you shoot or not. >> if you order a drink you can't come back and shoot until the next day. >> it looked like a nice set up. >> it does. >> very different. today was great to be in on out door range. >> yeah. lots of sun and breezy. this is what we have behind a winter storm that's still north. temperatures still on the way down from the mid 60s

a west breeze. that's still rather brisk along the space coast right now. a gusty cross wind about the only issue the falcon 9 might have weather wise today as we cleared it the rainy mess from yesterday early in the day. temperatures dropping into the 40s tonight. because we have the breeze it keeps the heat that's already radiating out from the earth stirred up so we don't get quite as cold temperature wise. we have the wind chill so it evens out. in st. cloud temperatures down through the harmony area by the mid 40s by daybreak. clermont down to 44 at 6:00 a.m. most of us feeling at least a few degrees cooler than the actual temperature. in the morning bryan shields will have all the chills for your starting at 5:00 a.m. on eyewitness news this morning. upper 30s for the villages. i do not expect frost

for frost on saturday morning because of the less wind and to chilly temperatures. you can see the cold temperatures that are filtering in right now, but a gorgeous day tomorrow. how about 63 at 2:00, 64 at 2:00 p.m., about 10 degrees below average for tomorrow. our average high is 75. we'll be in the mid 60s tomorrow. a very nice day. here's that chilly morning on saturday. down to 34 in ocala, 36 the villages, 42 orlando. once we get down to the upper 30s assuming the winds are light enough where they should be saturday morning we'll have a chance for some frost. here's your five day forecast, a glorious weekend always in view. 62 degrees on saturday, 72 on sunday. our next storm system really doesn't arrive until the latter part of next week. a slight chance for rain then but a very nice dry weekend. icflorida.com, that looks fantastic, the downtown food and wine fest in orlando saturday and sunday. a lot of event investigation throughout central florida at icflorida.com. bob. >> going to be nice . thank you.

being paid with your tax dollars is now accused of raking in more tax money in the form of food stamp fraud. >> how she got away with it despite her and her husband making nearly $100,000 a year. that's tonight on eyewitness news at 10:00 on tv 27 and right here at 9:00 on channel 9. watch live streaming newscasts on the go. download the wftv news app today. the

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>> reporter: welcome back. arguably the greatest team in basketball history will take the court behind me tonight. it's the warriors and magic. tip off about 30 minutes away. a lot of golden state fans here at the amway center right now. golden state on pace to break the nba wins record of 72 set by michael jordan and the bulls during the 95-96 season. warriors currently 51-5. orlando will

golden state went down to the wire with miami last night. orlando may have a secret weapon in tow, newcomer brandon jennings. he beat golden state earlier this year with the pistons. >> they can't get discouraged when they're making crazy shots like 30 footers. you just got to stay in tune with the game and stay focused. >> mentally you got to be really, really sharp. like i said, all know that i play well. i got a basket on the other side and go with that. >> reporter: the warriors will wrap up their 7-game road trip standard night in oklahoma city. golden state won the only previous meeting by 8 earlier this month. as for soccer, orlando city's season opener now just 10 days away. we're sending one fan to the game on march 6th as a tv 27 vip. you

hit up the contest page at icflorida.com for more details. golden state and the magic tipping off in 30 minutes. the highlights at 11:00. >> thank you. before we go we have some breaking traffic news for you right now. these are live pictures from an fdot camera. the 408 is blocked off out at goldenrod road because of an accident. further details for you later.

breaking news. we're on the scene, the deadly tornado outbreak. at least eight dead, including a 2-year-old. more than 30 twisters from texas to pennsylvania. homes destroyed. this truck blown over on the gw bridge in new york. the coast guard trying to save this boat. the showdown tonight. is this the last chance for the other candidates to try and take down donald trump before super tuesday? and, the eye-opening new poll tonight from marco rubio's own state of florida. is trump unstoppable, even