police say 40- year-old "chris solomon" heard someone breaking backdoor of his house... so he grabbed his gun and found a man in his kitchen. solomon shot him several police say he is not facing any charges. 3 "bubba the love sponge" i s expected to take the stand sometime today in the "hulk hogan" versus "gawker" trial. bubba is expected to take the fifth when answering questions. yesterday, the owner of gawker took the stand, standing by his decision to post the clip of the hogan sex tape. hogan is suing the gossip site for 100-million-dollars, saying they violated his privacy. 3 the st. pete pier inches closer to taking shape. the public has given their input on what should happen to the pier approach. architects are working on the pier approach which will connect downtown to the waterfront. new renderings were released during a pier workshop. some of the elements include art spaces, waterfront dining and an open air market. officials hope to wrap up ideas and concepts for the pier approach by june. 3 he was a five-star general and the director of the c-i-a... but the

she lives her with her adult son, chris solomon. he was home alone when police say he heard someone breaking in through the back door. he armed himself and went down stairs where he came face to kitchen. he was scared and fired several home. police say the burglar is a white male his bed was taken to the hospital a couple of hours him. there has been one other home burglary in the last few years but this is the first one they can recall that turned deadly. this area is really improving they want to keep it that way. and just last week the police hosted crime watch meetings to let them know how to spot the suspicious activity. >> police say most things happen when they are gone. >> it makes you want to get your concealed permit. and everything is shaken up. >> you want to be prepared. >> and the woman who owns the home came back after the shooting. she was a friend and neighbor spoke on her behalf off camera. the woman is thankful her son is okay and that her grandchildren were not home at the time. now, we are working to learn if th

chris solomon heard someone forcing his way in the back door in tampa heights and he grabbed the gun and found a stranger in the kitchen and opened fire killing the intruder. >> it was like pop pop pop and followed by another set probably maybe about six shots total. but again it has always felt like a safe community and the neighbors look out for each other. >> police have not released the name of the intruder. solomon has not been arrested or charged in the shooting. reviewing the case. >>> taking action for your the major change involving serious medications, the centers for disease control and prevention releasing its very first guidelines for opioid growing abuse of painkillers. the cdc saying non opioid drugs and they should get it for low dose medications. >>> a 5-year-old girl ended up paralyzed after doing a back bend inside her home. kylie says her daughter started to cry of back pain two days after christmas. after an mri doctors sedated her putting her in a controlled state of hypothermia to raise her blood pressure. >> we were basically told like the first or second day

chris solomon heard someone breaking in. he went down stairs and found a man in his kitchen. he shot him. he was killed. the neighbors say he lives in his home with his elderly mother. when they saw the police they were worried she may have been hurt. >> it threw me for a loop. i was nervous about that situation then to hear what happened, that is still a sad thing that happened. i was glad it was not his mother. >> and she was shaken up but came back to the house and said she is glad that her son is okay. >> business meantime back to normal across the bay in st. pete after a gas leak. this is along 34th street south. they to evacuate businesses after a line was cut in front of the burger king and 36th avenue south. they capped the line and re reopened shortly before noon. abuse at the hand of his father and girlfriend. and now four years later justice finally came for the little boy. there was no celebrating just tears and heartbreak. gloria gomez is here now with the sentencing that happened today. >> and his father was sentenced today but like you said it was very emotiona

solomon all have opportunities to come back next year. >>> it looks more like the hashtag, huh? he's been using the hashtag vdc. what does it mean? some think it's dwyane wade and chris bosh. some think it's the decision. some think it's, the dream continues. some think maybe he wants to play in d.c. maybe it is. who knows? are you kidding me? ask lebron. >> if you have an educated mind, it will hit home for you. last night i tweeted consistency and structure, reach perfection. if you take a shortcut, will you come up short against everybody. so understand that. >>> you tell me. i'm confused. >> lebron's getting deep. >>> we'll be glad when playoffs start because he doesn't tweet. >> why is he doing this? >> he learned from pat riley in miami. just being disjointed and having things not feel comfortable can lead to you a championship. maybe that's what he's trying to do as the leader of this team. they continue to win. they have a bigger lead in the east than golden state has in the west so let's see what happens. it is still kind of fun. it's drama. >> you know what i think? >> what do you think? >> i think he knows they're going win the championship, and it's the h