incident. >> anchor: elitsa bizios is elitsa? >> reporter: belkys, investigators and police have been on the scene for several hours. take a look for yourself. right now what investigators white truck into evidence. at this point we do not know the roll this truck is playing but they are taping it up and tonight what we're being told is that, yes, this did all start as a road rage incident. but tonight one man is now dead. >> reporter: the chaotic moments after a man is shot seen on the cell phone video. this woman giving him cpr, tryingto save him. but he wouldn't make it. detectives on scene confirming the man died at broward health medical center. >> i called the 911. >> this mans he was outside fixing his truck. his children not too far when the shshs went off. >> was scared. very scared and seen outside and someone shooting. >> e shots rang out just after 6 in the evening at southwest 48th avenue and southwest 13th street in unincorporated fort lauderdale. broward sheriff's office says >> we see it on tv but never think it w

miami-dade, elitsa bezios, 7 news. >> lynn: all right, elitsa. a kind donation getting students at a presbyterian school on the road. they left for a youth retreat today thanks to the generosity of one south florida business owner who stepped and up saw it. after a crook cleaned out the school's safe earlier this week. >> i'm excited and i would like to thank the people that paid for the trip and donated money. >> lynn: the suspected burglar was caught on camera, he stole $5,000 meant for the trip. 35-year-old jose luis gomez appearing in bond court, facing burglary, grand theft and criminal mischief charges. >> danielle: and some wicked weather hitting texas, producing sweeping through the lone star state, damaging vehicles in its path. >> all of my vegetables are gone. >> reporter: large chunks of hail wreaking havoc across the fort worth, texas area on thursday, the ice so thick on the ground in some places, it looks like it snowed. the residents now dealing with the cleanup. >> windshields were broken, and the backs of cars, and in their hous

but a seven s' elitsa bizios reports he is hopeful police@ are will soon crack this case rite wide open. >> we're in shock that it happened just in broad daylight. smoke shop smash and grab caught on cram. >> you see the young guys just scam scan the place. >> they get an eye on what they want and go for the goods. each grabbing two hookahs but that's not enough this. guy running wack for two more. this is the window they broke. they took some of the hiew hookah's late laid out here. that break in happening at vaip smoke shop three at 6:00 in the morning on february 21. and the manager and talking to 7 news about these quick working ban daits dits. it just so nonchalant. they had their pabts up high. here's another ankleel from inside the shop. the hookahs they stole range in price from $150 all the way up to $250 like this one. but not necessarily the fact that they stole these hookahs. they also stole the manager's said the their peace of mind. my employees mn the world to here that work. there's only somehow that cameras can do. now the manager has one plea for these thieves. please

elitsa bizios, 7 news night team. >> anchor: police searching for house party. police say 28-year-old serj was killed when shots were fired in plantation. more than 400 people there near 118th avenue. officers outside responding to a noise complaint when the shots rang out. the victims were taken to broward health medical center. if you have any information, you should call broward crime stoppers at 954-493-tips. >> jeff: a soggy start to spring but will it stick around? >> anchor: meteorologist brent cameron will have the answer. >> brent: say goodbye to the rain. the last batch of showers pushing through sosoh florida right now. of minutes. >> jazz fest lighting up sun life stadium. there you have it. r & b star usher energizing the crowd taking the stage a short time ago. going out with a big bang. colblbtson, fred hammond and baby face among the performebs. >> you know you've arrived when you get invited to come toto these festivals. >> jeff: aretha franklin cancelled late on saturday and festival goers say they had a grgrt time. charlie hammond was brought

a let's elitsa bizios. 7 news. >> danielle: coming up next from the news station. this is looking more like water world. the cause just head. >> phil: today a hot st. patrick ace day. especially in miami. high of 87. we missed the record by one degree. the forecast nay couple minutes. >> lynn: all right phil and night on the drive. remix your weekend. it's ultraeach eave and we're chilling behind the scenes of the biggest stars of the party tonight at 7:30. >>> >> >> all right. let's go cross country now. a school bus driver in milwaukee lucky to be laif after finding himself in the middle of a construction collapse. he just dropped off his students and was sitting at a traf fake light when he heard rumble being and saw dussments thehe next thing he k kw the wall of the building under construction collapsed qight on top of his bus. >> remember, everybody got off. the driveras not injured. well, a single engine helicopter making a rough landing in california after a student pilot and instructor took it out for a training run. the r22 light utility aircraft crashing

elitsa bizios. 7 news right. crews dapg a bad break in a south florida neighborhood. a gas line rupture oog on a1a and deerfield beach. crews daig hole in the middle of the roadway to reachhe broken line. a1a from northeast second street to the palm beach county line is close #-d but has sinceeen reopened. >>> a smokey scene ate home. fire break owght in coconut creek on 33 treatment treet. the attic but they are not sure how. >> danielle: more historic changes for cuba. snail mail just got a little fast eemplet and it means going back to the way things were more than half a sen cowr tiewr ri ago. >> lynn: craig has more to exain. craig. >> craig: and lynn and danielle. as of today mail between the u.s. and cuba no longer that's make a pit stop nay third country which obviously de plays their arrival. it heads there directly. and in the first batch a a letter from the president to the elderly woman on the island. >> before president obama steps foot in cuba next week. a letter he wrote may well have reached her mailbox. that letter is in t first batch of direct mail i

elitsa bizios. 7 news. >> danielle: all rig a let's a. a southwest miami-dade man vanishing without a trace and police are asking for your help low dhaightan, alfonzo ma ken knee who went missing near 107th avenue. he is 6 feet tall way skinny build. lairnlg scarl on his forehead and missing one toofnlgt he was last seen wearing red shirt and blew blu jeefnltz officials say ma ken nick suffers from severe memory lost and may becom confused. >>> >> >> lynn: lons 7, spring break in full swing. rescue workers wan to make sure water enthusiasts have aafe time off land.

in northwest miami-dade, elitsa bizios, 7 news. >>> a news alert out of tampa. a small plane has crashed there. >> diana: ashley jones is live in the plex with more. just crashed at peter o knight airport a. there was a lot of smoke coming out of there earlier. this airport is located in tampa. a spokesperson for tampa international airport just posted the following on twitter. there has been a plane crash. you can follow for more information updates on this. at this ti, we do not know about the passengers aboard that plane or where this small plane was headed. but, again, a small plane has crashed and burned in tampa. we w)ll continue to stay on top of the story and bring you the latest as soon as we get more information. live in the satellite center, ashley jones, 7 news. >>> turning now to the president's upcoming trip to cuba. the island nation sprucing up the scenery and restoring landmarks ahead of the hisisric visit. first by an a sitting president in nearly nine decades. alex diprato is live with the latest. >> the latest to visit was calvin cool lidge.

. >> diana: that's where we find 7's elitsa bizios standing by hearing. >> reporter: he is expected to go in front of a judge at 2 o'clock this afternoon. 7 news was there when one of the two guys who's been arrested got caught. it's a story line fit for a hollywood block buster. a multimilli dollar gold heist miami connection. 7 news there as fbi agents moved in on an op p op home wednesday. >> i have no idea. i don't live close to here. i came close because there was an a family problem. >> reporter: boxes, bags taken. towed away. >> as a person, he's an excellent human being. he's a good father, good brother, son. he works. >> reporter: that woman's brother-in-law has bn arrested in connection, agents say, to the gold heist. she said this is perez, the accused 46-year-old father of two. agents say in march of 2015 this carrying about $5 million worth of gold when it stopped on the side of i-595 in north carolina. >> they're some sort of guard uniforms with their hands behind their backs trying to flag down police. >> reporter: and armed security guards had been inside the truck haul

elitsa bizios with last night's war or words. >> reporter: donald trump was urn fire all daythursday. we're talking about before and during the fox news debate. it started in the morning with mitt romney firstst going after the debate stage with him. >>> you see what happens when you challenge him on policy issue, you ask him about the economy and first they think he do is launch into attack about little guy thing. he doesn't have answers. this is not a game. >> i know what's happening with the economy. you haven'tmployed one person. i've employed tens of thousands of people. >> reporter: donald trump and marco rubio throwing jabs. >> he hit my hands. look at those nds. are they small hands? en and he referred to my han if they're small, something else must bee small, i guarantee there's no problem. >> reporter: donald trump coming urn fire from ted cruz. >> it's easier to say make things better an make things great. but the principles that made america great in the first place? >> reporter: trump brushing off romney. >> he was a failed candidate. he should have beaten barack obama ea

. >> diana: let's go live to the scene where elitsa bizios is having a look around. >> reporter: that here. but luckily, the good thing to was hurt. >> i heard popping. i didn't seehe car. i didn't know what he hit it was so fast. >> (inaudible) >> reporter: an early-morning crash full after food headed straight for this apartment building. >> i just saw that truck coming in this way and a said that's going to hit the building. >> reporter: it happened near 71st street and byron avenue. here is a look from a bus t. driver of this silver suv ran a stop sign causing the collision. the food service reps tell 7 news that's when their driver lost control and ran into the palm trees here, which luckily stopped the truck from hitting the apartment building. >> if it got me, i would be gone. >> reporter: this guy on his morning run said he narrowly missed being hit. (inaudible >> reporter: luckily no one was hurt but those who live in the area say it's only a matter of times before it happens. people hit on that corner. this corner is very dangerous. >> reporter: for a short time they had to

elitsa? >> reporter: diana, that miami-dade police officer who was involved in this hit and run accident this afternoon is doing just fine. he was able to walk away from the scene without any injuries. let's go straight to the video to check out the damage and the accident he went through and if with the passenger side area that is where the collision happened and that is where he was hit. thankfully once dpaen okay. but miamamdade police sate officer you see in the video grabbing things out of his trunk trying to get onto 395 in downtown miami when that squad car eventually as you see in the video getting towed away. if we can go to the second piece of video, you can see cops did catch up with the car involved in this hit and run. this happening not too far from the crash site on 395. inside were two male passengers and the driver has not been found so no charges filed at this time but police are looking for witnesses so if you're in this area in downtown miami, around 3:45, between would li

for now, we are live in sawgrass recreational park, elitsa bizios, 7 news. >> anchor: also and it is, a south florida teacher accused of a drug display at an elementary schl, it is not the first time that a teacher law. now, the school district is taking action. 6p yet the door r d slammed his finger he was closing. >> a six-year-old recalling a traumatic day of first grade. a classmate's finger slammed in a door. >> child: it was bleeding. >> where with the teacher when it was happening? >> child: at her desk. >> and that, and drunk, by the county schools.first grade teacher 45-year-old lynn singleton is accused of going into the classroom under the influence on december 9. according to the complaint, around 9:30 that money, another teacher observed the respondent, referring to singleton, stumbling, escorting her children to the classroom. the principal got involved, she noticed an odor of alcohol was speaking to singleton. the complaint goes on to say singleton was irritable and unable to respond to questions. to make matters worse, the fingerlamming incident. the state claimed she

elitsa bizios is here the story. >> reporter: this group of students is grateful for the kindness of strangers. they attend a presbyterian school in miami. on monday, ththgs were not looking good after kirk broke into the school, stealing a safe with $5000 inside. to go on a field trip this week. >> man: thanks to the community, it is who we are* and what we are made for. and, we would like to get back to e community. if everybody did that, it would be a much better world. >> is rafael nunez, a businessman who saw the brake and story on seven is monday. the next day, he came to the school to help, donating five grand. >> man: it was shocking, to see a school that i grew up in, to see all of that happened. and, it is nice of him to come and help us. >> man: i did a few guys, okay? and i would like to come one day, and be able to show you all, you may be a president of the united states. [cheering] >> nunez grew up in the area and rent a local business, which he did not want to mention. he said he is not doing this for the publicity, but rather, for his mother. >> man: thanks to her, s

we are live outside tgk, elitsa bizios, 7 news. >>> andow on just one station, a woman saying a bold burglar hit her surfside home twice within 24 hours. the homeowner said she caught the thief inside her house at 91st street and byron avenue tuesday night and saw him again yesterday morning. thth man got away with thousands she believes it's a neighbor. surfside police have identified michael rodriguez as a suspect. >> broke my heart. this guy he used to pet my dog and l and play with him over time. >> christine: police now trying to track down the 26-yeaold who has a criminal history f. you have any information that canelp police, call miami-dade crime stoppers at 305-471-tipfuls >>> a monroe county deputy behind bars arranging to take money from inmate for favors. the inmate in jail for fraud and child porn at the stock island detention center. the deputy also facing charge of smuguging contraband into facility, a third-degree felony >>> resent rash of gun violence s city officials and community leaders banning together and forming a plan of action a. more. >> reporter: today comm

elitsa bizios. 7 news. >>> >>> >> danielle: also in the news now a disrbing discovery in a wooded area in oakland park has homicide investigators out searching for answers. what did they find brandon? >> reporter: human remains danielle and they have been investigating throughout the day. they have a little bit of a break in this case. they now believe the remains are that of a white man. a dturbing discovery in oakland whark p when two mefn discover bones in a field. they believe the bones have quon unnoticed for quite some time. our investigators are certain we're talking about human remains. >> cory and his roommate made the find. at first they weren't sure of what they were look at was real. >> he didn't know if it was a halloween anything or not. so we went back there this morning and i went to confirm it is what he thought he saw? oo they called 91 157b9d deputies confirm the remains were human and now back to the lab where investigators hope done duct more. >> at that poi our investigation to determine how this person died and the circumstances surrounding the death. >> okay aga

a big rig wrecks right gangs their building. 7's elitsa bizios with the story. seat c c. i didn't know what he hit. it was so fast. >> really. >> reporter: an early morning car crash on miami beach friday sending this delivery truck full of food headed straight for thi apartment building. >> lynn: just saw that truck coming in this way and a went inside. i said that's going to hit the buildings. it happened near 71 streets and byron avenue. here's a look from boom. miami beach police say the driver of this silver suv ran a stop sign causing the collision. gore con food service represents tell 7 news, naz when the driver lost control andan into the palm trees here which luckily stopped the truck from hitting the apartment building he got me. i'll be gone. th this guy on his morning run says he narrowly escaping with killed. >> i just got off the street. before that i heard -- >> those who live in the area say it's only a matter of time before it happens. like two or three people hit in that corner. it's very danger yows. >> danielle: they had to shut down carlyle avenue as

elitsa bizios. 7 news. >> danielle: all rig a let's a. a southwest miami-dade man vanishing without a trace and police are asking for your help low dhaightan, alfonzo ma ken knee who went missing near 107th avenue. he is 6 feet tall way skinny build. lairnlg scarl on his forehead and missing one toofnlgt he was last seen wearing red shirt and blew blu jeefnltz officials say ma ken nick suffers from severe memory lost and may becom confused. >>> >> >> lynn: lons 7, spring break in full swing. rescue workers wan to make sure water enthusiasts have aafe time off land. their trip to south florida all year long and miami-dade fire rescue workers don't wanan it to end with a trip to the hospital. 7's alex de mars road with them today as sthe shared some important rules on the water. >>> news take you on board the boat. >> we're the only fire boat with miami-dade fire rescue which means we cover all the waterss from broward county line all the way to key largo. the team of four on the job 24/7 every single day. we're all march made iks and firef

elitsa bezios is live about the story. >> reportete danielle, today the guy saying that he feels lucky to be alive. i'm going to step out of the way so you can see the damage left behind. right now, there are three families that can't get back into their units augusts of this crash. he was coming in. >> marvin steeves says that he's lucky to be alive this friday. this woman w speeding down northwest 17th avenue and northwest 1st street just after 3:00 in the morning when she lost control of her car and crashed reliability into this apartment complex. stevens tells 7 news that he was outside smoking a cigarette at the time. >> i just hit it hard. going inside. >> reporter: even though he

elitsa bizios s there with more. >> reporter: the smoke shop sharing the video with just one station. we did talk to police who were here today saying they are having trouble at this point identify these people butut they are whoapg this surveillance video, you cana help. >> we're in shock that it >> reporter: a coral gables smoke shop smash and grab caught on camera. >> you see the young guys just stan the place. >> reporter: they get an eye on that we want and go for the goods. each one grabbing ta hugh caz but that's not enough. >> this guy running back for two more. >> this was the window they broafnlgt they took some of the hugh ca eas all late out here. the break in happening at vaip smoke shop at 6:00 in the morning on february 21. the manager. only t t car seat. talking to 7 news about these quick working bandits. and they had their pants up high. here's another eaj from inside the shop. the hookahs these crooks stole range in price from $150 like this one all the way up to $250 like this one. but it's not necessarily the fact that they stole these hookahs. they also stole the

. >> and never think it would >> reporter: elitsa bizios, 7 news. >> christine: and we just got refraction the victim's mother. take a listen. >> i came down here. i'm not from here. i came down here and my son was dead, dead. oh no, no! >> christine: that's heart-breaking. sunday night police say they questioned the shooter and so far no charges have be filed. >> vivian: good afternoon, south florida. we have clouds around and this is going to us a little bit of a spring break with our temperature readings. it's been so warm for the month of march and now your afternoon commute looks mostly dry. let's look at these temperatures. 65 i miami to 68 degrees in key west. the winds are out of th cool air direction and they're windy up to 18 miles an hourr in key west. gusts have beens a high as 32 for you. the front crossed through has left some c cuds and the front is anchored to a spin of low pressure that continues to spread snow over portions of boston, eastern long island including rhode island and cape cod. improvements they can look forward to seeing tonight and tomorrow morning. the nat