(stacy patterson/employee) "we did the narcan in the nose we only had to two of them, so we gave them one eac them in the nose." patterson says the restaurant had narcan nasal spray thanks to a local nurse. she provided the spray after a conversation with restaurant employees about the ongoing drug problems in the area. your voice.. your vote in the race for the white house.. and both presidential candidates have left the campaign trail to prepare for sunday's debate. their running mates.. tim kaine and mike pence.. are both out there. pence visited the gettysburg battlefield before a rally. where he talked about the trump campaign. in just a few hours.. kaine will be here in las vegas for a rally at the united brotherhood of carpenters training center near the 215 and gillespie. doors open at 4:30.. but you're encouraged to rsvp online. as the election nears, more states are becoming worried about possible hacking of their election systems. the department of homeland security says, 24 states have asked for assistance in keeping their elections free of any hacking attempts. so far, ho

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stacy patterson is one of the cooks here at isadore's. she had just finished prepping the food line before learning about what was happening in the parking lot just a few feet away. "we did the narcan in the nose we only had to two of them, so we gave them one each and sprayed them in the nose." the fire department confirms it did make a narcan run this morning to the pizzeria and had to administer the drug. for patterson, this scene was more than just a scary way to start the day. "what's going through your mind as you're seeing this?" "my dad." "why?" "because of heroin." patterson says unfortunately she has loved ones dealing with addiction. although this is her first time jumping into to action, she seen others overdose before. she has a message for those dealing with addition. "one more time might be the last. that narcan might not save you" patterson says the restaurant had narcan nasal spray on hand thanks to a local nurse. she provided the spray after a conversation with restaurant employees about the ongoing drug problems in the

jeff patterson joins us live in bartow where all of this started. jeff? >> reporter: good evening rod and stacie. it all started in this park around noon when inmate david ross used a small utility knife to take an unarmed guard hostage. bartow police in polk county sheriffs deputies were on scene quickly jeffrey rexroad had been taken hostage by a prisoner. >> of course, undercover, and police cars coming from everywhere. >> reporter: bartow police say 42-year-old inmate david ross used a small utility knife to overpower rexroad. he locked four other inmates into this building and used the guard's own handcuffs to take him hostage. >> the four inmates left behind were able to get out of the ross to saint petersburg where he was driving a stolen bartow city truck. somehow, the guard managed to escape at a gas station. and police took ross into custody after a brief foot chase. >> just thank god that they got the deputy. and, he is fine. >> reporter: yeah, david ross had been a minimum security inmate. he now faces charges of armed kidnapping of a correctional officer; and numerous other accounts

patterson joins us now live. he is in downtown tampa. are talking about here. >> reporter: yeah, good evening stacie. this is a story i have been reporting on for some time now, but there is breaking information about this tonight. because, ptc board chairman victor crist is calling for an emergency meeting with the ptc because of these e-mails i uncovered. we have been telling you about this for a week, now i have uncovered new e-mails an more evidence relationship between the head of the ptc and the cab companies he is regulating. it shows direct ties an sharing of inside information. the e-mails show ptc executive director kyle cockream is in constant contact with lou manardi. in october ever of last year,

that is where we find newschannel8's jeff patterson live right now to bring us up to speed on boy, what happened here. jeff. >> reporter: yeah, good evening stacie. it was a crazy scene here a women of hours ago as police flooded into this park to search for the abducted deputy. neighbors and witnesses described a chaotic scene, and a frightening sequence of events. work details with prison inmates are a fairly common but, sam and amira noticed something. >> we saw the prisoners out here. and we saw all the cops coming. >> reporter: bartow police say 32-year-old prison inmate david ross locked four other prison inmates into a room in the building and overpowered the guard jeffrey rexroad and escaped. >> that is scary. and you know, they don't have weapons. how did he do this? >> reporter: they unusual source. >> the four inmates left behind were able to get out of the room they were locked in and flag down a motorist. >> reporter: deputies quickly poured into the area. but then, ross had a 35 minute head start driving a stolen city of bartow work truck. police knew ross was from pinellas county and they tracked the stolen truck here to saint pet

that is where we find newschannel8's jeff patterson live right now to bring us up to speed on boy, what happened here. jeff. >> reporter: yeah, good evening stacie. it was a crazy scene here a women of hours ago as police flooded into this park to search for the abducted deputy. neighbors and witnesses described a chaotic scene, and a frightening sequence of events. work details with prison inmates are a fairly common