terryl holliman was standing on a porch with a 3-year-old when the shots rang out. police are looking for a dodge challenger. police say this is not a random act of violence. a neighbor who didn't want to show her face says holliman was shot trying to protect that 3- year-old. >> everybody screaming. the guy that got shot was screaming. >> a child caught in the crossfire infuriates the police chief who says this must stop. holliman was the victim of a drively last year in st. pete. still no arrest in that case. police won't say if these two are related. both victims are expected to make a full recovery. >>> turning our attention to democracy 2016 starting with a possible endorsement for donald trump. former rival wen carson today is expected to throw his support behind the gop front- runner for the presidential election. one of the anonymous people leaking the information says carson was torn between trump and ted cruz. they say they chose trump because the cruz campaign started that rumor ahead of the iowa caucuses that carson had dropped out of the race. official

i felt like i wanted to do something. >> investigators say holliman was the victim of a similar crime last year that's gone unsolved. police won't say if the two shootings are related but say yesterday's was not random. fortunately, both holliman and the child are expected to be okay. >>> a south florida woman was brutally beaten by the roommate she found on craigslist. after 24 days in a coma, the 23-year-old is finally awake and talking to family. we first told you about jones last month after police arrested byron mitchell. he says jones threatened him with a knife, but prosecutors claim mitchell simply snapped. her daughter is smiling, whispering and hugging family members and calls the recovery nothing short of a miracle. >>> expanded evacuations in louisiana as it's on the verge of overflowing. record setting flooding has killed three people in the state. the entire state of louisiana is under a state emergency. the governor says the state doesn't have enough signs to mark all of the roads now flooded by rainwater. >> we're asking for local and parish level officials to put barr

holliman has been treated and released from bay front hospital. we don't have much on jayla's condition but do know her injuries are not life threatening. >> all right, josh, thank you very much, and now an update on attempted abduction, the sheriff now says the 11-year-old girl made up the story because -- listen to this -- she did not want to walk home from the bus stop. she said a man tried to lure her into his car because her mom was in the hospital. and the sheriff even had a sketch, and now the little girl has written a letter of apology. >> and tampa fire/s fire/rescue say they have seen a big bump in medical calls related to spice. they had 22 calls over the weekend related to the drug. and coming up a special needs student is left alone on a school bus. >> two times! he had been left on this bus. >> so what went wrong and who is facing charges. after the break. >> i don't dwell on what my life could be, because if i do, it's too much. >> do you recognize this guy? brian dunkleman, co-hosted season one of "american idol". why he left the i

it happened around two yesterday afternoon on 10th avenue south. 23-year old "terrell holliman" was the other person shot--he's already been released from the hospital. the shooting has now enraged city leaders... especially when a small child is involved. they showed up at the scene and declared "enough's enough" with this 3 police are looking for a white dodge challenger. no word on the child's condition. but she is expected to recover. 3 (walter/ an update now, on an attempted child abduction in polk county. the sheriffs office now says... the girl made it all up. the 11-year -old claimed a man tried to lure her into his car by saying her mom was in the hospital. deputies even created a composite sketch. sheriff grady judd says the girl created the story because she didn't want to walk home from the bus stop. the girl has written a letter of apology, but she will also be charged with filing a false police report. 3 3 in the race for the white house: get ready for a very *surprising endorsement today. former republican candidate ben carson... is now planning to support donald trump. c

and look at the house. three-year-old girl, little jayla and a 23-year-old man terrell holliman were shot. again, the evidence markers are all over the place. that is what police are looking at right now. they want to get as much evidence as they can from this scene. they are also interviewing witnesses. obviously trying to figure out a motive. also searching for suspects as well as a charger. that is a car seen in the area at the time of the shooting. the big question here, who would shoot a three-year-old girl? family members. >> i think it is really screwed up that you shoot a baby. it is screwed up that you didn't care about anybody in old people. that's really sad. you are a coward and you need >> reporter: again, you are looking live at the scene here at tenth avenue south. to wrap this all up, a drive-by shooting. 2:00 this afternoon. two people shot. one of them a three-year-old girl. the three-year-old and the 23- year-old are going to be okay. nonlife threatening injuries. we will have much more from the family tonight at 6:00. paul mueller, newschannel8. >> we will check b

it happened around two yesterday afternoon, along 10th avenue south. 23-year-old "terrell holliman" was also shot. he's already been released from the hospital. leaders... especially because a small child is involved. they showed-up at the scene and declared "enough is enough" when it comes to violence. 3 "city gov cant do it alone whole comjunity has to do it together - we ahve to say with one loud voice that we've had enough no more gun violence." 3 --vanessa police are looking for a white dodge challenger... no word on the child's condition... but she's expected to recover. 3 3 (vanessa) an interesting development in the race for the white house. last night, during the last g--o-p debate before the florida primary, the candidates: were *nice to each other.(walter) or at least, civil... fox-13 political editor, craig patrick shows us: they stopped 3 (sorry, no verbatim script available) 3 3 3 (vanessa) and while the republicans were in miami... the democrats were right here in tampa. hillary clinton addressed supporters at the ritz in ybor. and bernie sanders held a rally at the flori

. >>> fortunately both holliman and the child should be okay. >> we just checked and found out a 69-year-old man accused of sexually abusing a teenager will be in court this morning. police arrested arthur jefferson in his dover home. he had custody of the 16-year- old victim and during a four- week period, he would bring the boy from tampa to north florida, perform oral sex on he is in jail right now without bond. >>> former first lady nancy reagan is going for 2:00 this afternoon, east coast time. getsguests include first lady obama. nancy reagan died sunday at her los angeles home. >>> a huge development in the zika virus. human trials could start as early as this summer. the white house has asked congress for nearly $2 billion in emergency funding in the wake of this outbreak that's infected nearly 200 americans. dangers of synthetic drugs before but a lot of them happened on monday alone. today, firefighters and police officers will come together to help shine a light on this dark trend in hopes of avoiding dangerous and even deadly incidents in the future. >>> your child's school could

house that you see, that is where the three-year-old girl, little jayla, and a 2-year-old terrell holliman were sitting with family when a dodge charger came by. a neighbor heard fireworks go off and she called 911. now the investigation in its early stages. on everyone's minds right now, who would shoot a three-year- old girl? the mayor says with all the shootings and killings in the city, enough is enough. take a listen. >> for the person that did this that was cowardly enough to shoot a child, know that we are coming for you. our guys are going to find you. we are going to get you. and we are going to put you behind bars. >> mayor, i'm going to ask an obvious question. what's wrong with this? >> well, you know, we are so tired of the violence here. you know. if there's disputes going on, let us solve them. let our police officers do their job. don't try to do things on your own. when somebody does something to somebody else. it goes back and forth. we need to end the violence. enough with the guns. people need to be responsible gun owners so guns don't get in the wrong hands of people w

an impact on my state of new mexico, because we have many unaccompanied minors who are staying at holliman air force base, and the real central question here is, how are we with these three countries in central america that are drug, you have drug fueled violence, you have corrupt governments. you have very weak governments, and how are we going to move ourselves in a better situation, so that migration doesn't happen? that's what i'm very concerned about, and we in this budget deal, as you're very aware, helped significantly in terms of state department funding for central america and for these three countries. so i'd like you to discuss any progress that has been made to date with respect to implementing the u.s. strategy for engagement in central america, has there been any change in migration patterns, that could be attributed to this effort of which we're undertaking, with the funding requested for 2017 be used differently from previously appropriated funds for the region, and how long do you think we'll have to work on this to really make an impact? >> well we're going to have to wor