. >>> now, an update on the suspect who police say shot at an unmarked tampa police car and tried to run away. demetrius mitchell is jailed without bond this morning. officers mitchell even realized there were officers in that car tet, but they tell us he fire department at least two shots and tried to ditch the gun after the shooting. police say the officers are on patrol because of other shootings in the neighborhood. >>> two students are being suspended, but it may not be due to improving behavior. it's because of a new program that limits suspensions, but it may be doing more harm than good. the program offers alternative punishment for students who would otherwise be suspended, overall, suspensions dropped by nearly 8% from last school year to this school year. >> think some places, people are doing fine, and i think other places, people feel that discipline is out of control at the school because students don't feel that there's any consequences. >> administrators now have to get approval before a student is suspended for more than five days. there's still a racial gap in the k

. >>> a man who tampa police say shot an unmarked tpd car and then tread to run away. officers have not said if demetrius mitchell realized officers were in the car but the tell us he fired at least two shots and tried to ditch the gun after the shooting. the officers were on patrol and >> reporter: manatee county is $1.5 billion behind in road repair projects. abc action news reporter isabel rosales shows us how a cell stack will help improve the desperate need. >> reporter: a 10 figure deficit. it is leaving busy roads with -- shoulders and plenty of pot holes. christian has lived in the county for 30 years. he says the roads have gotten so bad it is hard for pedestrians to get around. >> the trip over the bricks sticking up out of the ground. the fall on their face. >> reporter: the tax is expected to raise $30 million in one year. 71% of revenue would go toward 200 road repair project. the average person would pay five dollars a month in sales tax expect it is very reasonable. >> reporter: but it still just roads needing improvement. it will help upgrade the office

tampa. police were patrolling the neighborhood in an unmarked cruiser when someone shot at them. no one was hurt. investigators arrested mitchel d assault. police tell us he has a long criminal record, and served time in prison for carjacking. >>> an atv crash killed a 5-year old boy and injured his father. the crash happened as 32-year old her with his son. when he turned the vehicle the front tire support broke causing the atv to flip. the 5-year old was wearing a helmet but it did not save his life. >> that's terrible. >>> and today pinellas county officials will host a fraud awareness workshop. it will help citizens identify potential fraud scams. times and locations on wfla.com. >>> across america this morning firefighters across the southeast are battling wildfires in several states. look at this there. fires are burning in georgia, tennessee and north carolina and georgia more than 20 fires are burning, one of the largest is in the north georgia mountains. so far it's burned more than 13,000 acres and it's only 10% contained this morning. now, this is the s tennessee that's

tampa. police were patrolling neighborhood in an unmarked cruiser when someone shot at them. investigators arrested mitchel and charged him with aggravated assault. police tell us he has a long criminal record carjacking. >>> an atv crash in polk county killed a 5-year old boy and injured his father. the crash happened as a 32-year old was riding in a strawberry field with his son. when he turned the vehicle the front tire support broke causing the atv to flip. the 5-year old was wearing a helmet but it did not save his life. >>> today pinellas county officials will host a fraud awareness workshop. the workshop will help citizens identify potti it's happening from 9 this morning until noon the address is on you're screen. there will be a workshop every day this week and we have more times and locations for these workshops on wfla.com >>> across america this morning firefighters across the southeast are battling wildfires in several states. fires are burning in georgia, tennessee, and north carolina. in georgia more than 20 mountains. so far it's burned more than 13,000 acres a

. >>> and this morning we're learning more about a shooting in east tampa, police were patrolling the neighborhood in an unmarked cruiser when someone shot at them. no one was hurt, and investigators are arrested mitchel who you see here, he's now facing aggravated assault charges. police also tell us mitchel has a long criminal >>> an atv crash in polk county killed a 5-year old boy and injured his father. the crash happened as a 32-year old was riding in a strawberry field with his son. when herd turned the vehicle the front tire support broke causing the atv to flip. the 5-year old was wearing a helmet but it did not save his life >>> in the fight against zika researchers in miami are spin prevent the virus from spreading. this method involves using mosquito inn flexed with a naturally occurring bacteria. these back at the would carrying mosquitoes could affect mosquitoes carrying the zika virus. >>> law enforcement officials are worried about what's being called ghost gun kits. they allow people to assemble semiautomatic rifles at home. markings for the weapons making then untraceable. officials worry about

tampa police will be closely monitoring parking lots. that includes westshore and international malls. officers will be on foot, horseback, motorcycles and in unmarked patrol cars. it's called "operation secret santa". t-p-d says the operation ?is effective. when it started in 2004...67 people had items stolen out of their cars at westshore or international malls. last year -- there were only eight. deputies in hillsborough county have busted a ?massive stolen car ring. almost ?fifty cars have beebr them were unlocked... and many even had the ?keys inside. deputies say they have arrested five adults and nine juveniles for stealing 46 cars over the last two months. deputies say the group would just pull on door handles of different cars... until they opened. nearly all of the cars were recovered near where they were stolen, but at least two were found in clearwater. the group has been charged with a total of fifty felonies. four guns were also stolen from the cars, but a scary sight for a family in pasco county. someone tried to break into their home... using a very ?professional tool: a glass cutter! the family spotted a nearly ?perfect circle cut i

tampa police kicked off the annual operation secret santa. officers will be patrolling parking lots and shopping areas on foot, motorcycles, unmarked catch and deter thieves. one shopper knows the safety tips. >> i don't leave my purse or valuables in there ever. i always lock the door. i try not to shop at night either, when it's dark. >> officers will patrol international plaza also. >> that is it for 10 news at 6:00. hey! is this enough? a little more... grandma! there you go... there's no more room. oh look who's here! i know i had one more... 20 more minutes... 8, 9... we need 1 more yes... let's enjoy. we need more rolls there was a little girl, and she became friends with every animal she met. it's getting late, grandma should go. where shopping is a pleasure.

. >>> well some new information on a tampa police tell us a man shot at officers who were patrolling the neighborhood in plain clothes in an unmarked car. officers arrested that man. he's now facing several charges including 2 counts of aggravated assault and no one was injured. >>> the florida highway patrol is still trying to determine the cause of a fatal crash on interstate 275 over the weekend. the car hit a barrier wall in the southbound lanes, then fell 70 feet from an overpassion. hospital with serious injuries. >>> take a look at this picture of a crash in sarasota. the driver of that suv got several citations after crashing into the front of a cafe and breaking a gasoline. you can see the damage to the business there. parts of washington boulevard and main street were closed while the gasoline was repaired. the cause of the crash is still unknown. >>> and this morning a madeira beach man is recovering following an apparent divin old who was also hurt died from her injuries sunday. the 2 were diving off madeira beach when the woman went unresponsive after getting help, william also lost consciousness. deputies believe the

tampa police will be closely monitoring parking lots at shopping centers throughout the city. that includes westshore and international plaza malls. officers will be on foot, horseback, motorcycles and in unmarked patrol cars. it's called "operation secret santa". it will go through january first. t-p-d says the operation is effective. when it started back in 2004, 67 people had items stolen out of their cars at local malls. last year, there were just eight. and humans aren't the only ones gearing up for the festivities tomorrow. some of the animals at lowry park zoo got to celebrate a little elephants enjoyed a thanksgiving treat. the rhinos got alfalfa inside boxes shaped like a turkey, then the elephants got an extra special treat of carrots and apples! a big honor for some of america's biggest names. coming up - the funny.. and emotional "presidential medals of freedom".. and: we'll explain why honoree ellen degenerous alm and we're learning more about what happened before that devastating bus crash in tennessee. what the driver reportedly asked the hey! is this enough? a little more... grandma! there you go... there's no more room. oh look who's here! i know i had one more... how's it look

through january 1st tampa police will be closely monitoring parking lots west shore and international mall and popular shopping centers on dale horseback, motorcycles and inside unmarked patrol cars. they say they are looking out for anyone suspicious. and cars that could be easy targets? the big is problem that we face sometimes in crime in this particular area is maybe sense of security. this nice small i'm going to walkthrough a mall buy seven opa-locka $0 and forget to lock my door or leave it in plain view. >>> police say, where criminals are looking for and shoppers can keeping their cars locked and items out of sight. >> new at noon st. petersburg police are looking for a pick pocket. see the woman in pink. police say she picked the pocket of the man standing in line in front of her taking $5,050 bill when he confronted her she bent over and a we'll just say she crudely put money in her underwear. she left the south side foot matter on fourth site side while that man called police. roche accused of a targeting three clearwater businesses over the last 48 hours. authorities believe the same man is responsible for two robberies monday and another early this morni

today tampa police will closely be monitoring the parking lots at west shore and international malls and the popular shopping malls. they'll be on foot, horseback, motorcycles and inside unmarked patrol cars. shoppers say they're glad to see the officers looking out for them. >> of course people in are wanting to do bad things are looking for cars or people walking around with gifts or money. that's great to see. >> tbt says the operation very effective when it started in 2004. 67 people had items stolen out of there cars at west shore and international mall. but last year they just had 8 incidents. >>> most kids are off this school week and some family vacations have already gun. largest travel season since the recession. as fox 13's kimberly qee sawn reports troopers are asking everybody on the road to keep calm and travel on. >> as thanksgiving quickly approaches, roads will be getting busier, but jean divine has a plan. >> i love to avoid as much traffic as we can. >> reporter: they're headed 2 and a half hours away to longwood. >> holidays can be very hectic. busy on the road. but we're going to leave very early. >> obviously leaving and early having a back-up plan. if th

tampa sunday night. police tell us a man shot at officers in plain clothes and in an unmarked car. officers did arrest one man he's now facing several charges including 2 counts of aggravated assault. >>> golden globe winner donald sutherland on his new ro for your all-star thanksgiving feast coming up right now. >> announcer: from nbc ws, this is "today's take," live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today," monday morning, november 14th, 2016. i'm al, along with tamron and dylan. and everybody is about the supermoon. >> is it tonight? tonight. though last night was really spectacular. >> is this a super-duper moon? >> this is the supermoon. it is the closest it's been since 1948. the earth's -- the moon's orbit is like an elliptical. it is like it is balancing right there on the arch. >> look at these photographs! >> brian and i went out about 6:30 last take an awesome picture. took us forever to find the moon. we finally saw it really high up in the sky so it didn't have that wow factor. what is the best time to see it. >> >> depends where you are and your sky