virginia arteaga shot and killed him. they went to the home to do a relative claimed that howard could be in danger. when the officers arrived, they said that virginia arteaga threatened them with a gun. at this point she is cooperating. >> john: an orlando police officer is recovering in the hospital after being injured in a crash. >> amy: it happened in orlando. according to police, the driver cut off the officer. the officer did have the right-of-way. the officer, another driver, and a passenger were taken to the hospital. thankfully, they're all expected to be okay. >> amy: the justice department looking to unlock even more iphones. officials want applekhp to unlock 12 phones in addition to the ones used by the san bernardino shooter. joining us this morning is the lovely lauren simonetti. >> reporter: happy wednesday. >> amy: it's trust me. why do they want to open adinner phones? >> reporter: so you have 12 additional instances where apple devices were used by krcialtion not terrorists. by criminals, not terrorists.

virginia arteaga shot her son while he was in the shower. michelle: space x is hoping the the launch window opens at 6:46 tonight. jason: welcome back. let' s get you to that forecast. amy: a tornado watch in effect until 10:00 a.m. for marion and sumter county' s. the light rain is just starting to move into marion county. a few showers just to the south of ocala along i-75 towards dunnellon. the bigger concerns are in the gulf of mexico and heading this way. even an isolated tornado, you can see the timing they' re getting into the metro area by late morning through lunchtime and continuing to exit through brevard county through the afternoon and evening commute. ted: congestion on the 408 westbound. especially onto to i-4, give yourself extra minutes. eastbound' s not so bad, delay >> the today show is next on wesh 2. michelle: local coverage continues with brett and jazmin. jazmin: a harlem globetrotter stops by to show us tricks. brett: a broadway hit dances into town and we continue to track that severe weather moving on it. be sure to

a woman -- accused of killing her son in the shower-- is being held on no bond. 59-year old virginia arteaga is charged with first degree murder for shooting and killing her son, blake was taking a bath. investigators say she also tried to kill herself when cops forced their way into the altamonte springs home tuesday. according to reports, arteaga had been struggling with depression. arteaga is under suicide watch at the seminole county jail. ,h| developing at this + (xy``|p||||>{@epoppppxxxx`x`_xp??`?ppx````@pt`:fo`s`@||xp hazing ritual. a former students says in 20-13-- pledges with "tau kappa epsilon" were forced to participate in a drinking game called "old south"-- where they were made to act as slaves. the complaint was filed last month. prosecutors told police too much time has passed to file charges... but school officials are investigating possible student conduct violations. trending right state lawmakers are pushing to replace a statue of a confederate general at the u-s capitol. now-- state lawmakers are pushing to replace a statue of a confederate general at the u-s "general ed

. >> police it virginia arteaga seemed frail and in handcuffs killed her son monday and left his body in a shower without alerting and why. jeff deal was there today when she faced a judge for the first time. you also learned why she claimed to have wanted to kill her son. >> reporter: it is a sad case based on what we have read in this report. we just got it today. it seems as though she was doing him a favor. she says she was depressed and she says she will like her son was depressed and do something happened to her, she did not alone. gaunt, frail virginia arteaga stood before a judge in the 59-year-old accused of shooting her own son, 29-year- old blake hour to death inside the home in a gated altamonte springs community. >> i am so shocked to hear that and it is a total tragedy. i did not know them. i was never aware of problems at all. >> reporter: police responded to the home yesterday after someone from the landscaping business were blake worked well for well-being check after he did not show up for work. his godmother who also works with him said when she called virginia arte

. >> reporter: the police say that the mother's name is virginia arteaga. she spent the night here at the jail charged with premeditated murder. officials worked the crime scene at the home that arteaga shared with her son into tuesday evening. they got a call late morning from someone who knew blake howard and was concerned he might be in trouble. >> we entered the residence and arteaga confronted one of the officers with a handgun in hand. >> reporter: they searched the house and found howard dead. >> we learned many things, we the murder of her son blake howard and shot him multiple times while he was in the shower. >> reporter: they don't know what prompted her to kill her son. neighbors who we talked to said theywxhh didn't know arteaga but saw howard from time to time. >> just walking around. in the last couple of years. i honestly don't know how long they've lived here, to tell you the truth. >> reporter: we'll be working throughout the day to get you more details on this case. we'll also be in court as virginia arteaga makes her appearance before a j

county judge has denied bond for a mother accused of killing her 29-year-old son. 59-year-old virginia arteaga is charged with first-degree murder for shooting and killing her son, blake howard, while he was taking a bath. she also tried to kill herself when police forced their way into her home that she shared with her son yesterday. or -- artega has been dealing with depression. >> she looked healthy and sturdy and before christmas she looked very, very thin, and i was worried about her. i thought maybe she was seriously ill. >> or day ga is under suicide watch at the semisemicounty ill. >>> spacex is going to try to launch again tomorrow. it halted about a half hour before the launch window was supposed to open this evening. spacex says they stopped it in abundance of safety. the falcon 9 carrying a satellite and they will attempt again to land a segment of the rocket on a barge like they were trying to do right here. tomorrow's launch is set for 6:46 and weather actually looks good. keep our eye on that. tonight, though, meantime. >>> a powerful storm system continues to threaten a large s

. >> we will continue to follow the case against virginia arteaga as it moves through the court and bring you the developments as they unfold.>>> the last the rain we've been tracking for the past hour is moving off the coast. tom terry is insecure weathercenter nine. some neighborhoods got a full inch of rain today.>> here is a of rain across the area. the lighter blues, mostly less than a quarter of an inch. by claremont, you see most of the error you're -- area getting at least some rain. we had 80% rain coverage. today. from hillsboro county towards charlotte, they are still doing surveys on that. reports of three more fatalities in waverley bridge in your from tornadoes still affecting the northeast. you see several tornado watch boxes towards washington dc. a stormy night. we are going to be on the colder side of the system. i will have more in a few minutes. >>> pensacola -- pensacola homeowners are cleaning up after tornadoes damaged hundreds of homes. the storm moved through last floors of two apartment buildings, leaving nothing but scraps of wood and twisted metal behind. resid

: facing an accusation she not only killed her own son, but that she planned it. 59-year-old virginia arteaga will remain in jail without bond. jeff dowdy: i have no evidence whatsoever there was any type of bad relationship between mother and the sun. dave: when 29-year-old blake howard didn' t show up for work godmother called his mother. arteaga said on the phone, "howard was no longer with them and when she hung up the phone, she won' t be either." officers were immediately asked to check on the place and they say when they forced their way in, they heard arteaga pulling the trigger, but the gun never fired. jeff dowdy: it seems like she was trying to kill herself. dave: out of work, on medication for depression according to the police report arteaga wrote a , note stating, "i love blake. this world is too ugly to leave him behind." the report says howard was shot five times in the shower monday morning, and that arteaga spent the better part of the next 24 hours "working up the courage to kill herself." jean woodward: she was friendly and had a good sense of humor. dave: a neighbor said

police say virginia arteaga shot 29-year-old blake howard in the shower of their home in the oak springs. the victim' s stunned family spoke only to wesh 2, they tell us the two lived together and that howard was a student at seminole state college. investigators executed a search warrant at the home often members gathered items from inside the house yesterday. we asked them about the relationship between mother and son. >> i had never seen them argue, but i don' t live here, so i do not know when they were with each other, they were very sweet. michelle: authorities told us a coworker and family member called 911 after speaking to the mother. when police arrived, they tell us arteaga had a gun in her hand but dropped it after police forced their way in. authorities tell us they' ve never responded to the home for problems before and many questions remain unanswered. jason: caught on camera, a chilling scene in orange county as a robber shoots a clerk at a convenience store. police are searching for four suspect. brett connolly is joining us in really chaotic. brett: -- with your microph

that woman is 59-year-old virginia arteaga, who is right now being held without bond. a police report shows she has been out of work and suffering from depression. it says she thought her son, 29-year-old blake howard, wasn' t happy. howard was shot early monday morning, while he showered in his apartment. arteaga appeared in court today. she allegedly spent more than 24 hours after she shot him, working up the courage to take her own life. jim: wesh 2 news is learning more information about a shooting that left a local sheriff' s deputy wounded. brevard county deputy casey smith was shot last summer, during a prostitution investigation. he recovered, but only after a lengthy hospital stay and rehab. tonight, the family of the man charged with pulling the trigger, john derossett, is saying they have yet to see the bullet came from his gun. wesh 2' s dan billow reports. dan: all was confusion and chaos when brevard county sheriff' s agent casey smith was shot last summer. he was one of three agents trying to arrest a woman for prostitution. investigators say her uncle,

before trying to kill herself-- is being held on no bond. 59-year old virginia arteaga is charged with first degree murder for shooting and killing her son, blake howard, while he was taking a shower. investigators say she also tried to kill herself when cops forced their way into her altamonte springs home tuesday. according to reports, arteaga had been struggling with depression. arteaga is under suicide watch --at news alert-- !e state health department now says the zika virus has infected three pregnant women in florida. that brings the total number of zika florida to 32. but, again, health officials stress that all those who are infected caught the virus while traveling abroad. the centers for disease control isn't saying where in \ these women live. governor rick scott is requesting 250 more zika test- kits in response to these latest cases. happening today-- space-x will try again to launch a falcon 9 rocket from the cape. the count down was called off about half-an-hour before the launch window was supposed to open last night. space-x says they stopped the count down-- to make

altamonte springs police say virginia arteaga shot and killed her 29-year-old son while he was in the shower. his body was in found at the oak springs. wesh 2' s chris hush has an exclusive interview with a family member. >> as family members gathered belongings from this home in the altamonte springs, oak harbour community, investigators executed a search warrant, trying to find any answers. what could lead a mother to shoot her son to death in their shower? police are accusing 59-year-old virgina arteaga of killing her 29-year-old son, blake howard. she' s charged with murder. >> i' ve never seen them argue but i don' t live here so i don' t know. when they were with each other, they were very sweet to each other. >> as arteaga' s family drove away from the home, we asked them what could have gone wrong? they tell us mom and son lived together. and that howard was attending seminole state college. >> any problems? >> not that we know of. >> surprise. >> surprise. to her that are part of the investigation. that letter to is in danger. >> earlier tuesday, police told us a co-worker an

judge has denied bonds for a mother accused of killing her own 29-year-old son. 59-year-old virginia arteaga is charged with first-degree murder for shooting and killing her son, blake howard, while he was taking a bath. investigators say she also tried to kill herself when police arrived on the scene yesterday. according to reports or -- arteaga has been dealing with -- >> then after just before christmas she looked very, very thin, and i was worried about her. i thought maybe she was seriously ill. >> arteaga is being watched at the seminole county jail. >>> a man wanted in multiple shootings. four people shot including two place at the wrong time. the main suspect in the mother's day mowrd -- murder of smith. tension between the smith family and friends of watson's family. >> i commit a murder, the whole community knows i committed the murder and the cops can't touch me so, what's going to stop me from me and my possis from going out and killing again? >> police say no witnesses will cooperate in this case. >>> sky fox over lake beauclair tonight where they're searching for signs of a mis

if you are watching eyewitness news at 4:00 yesterday use of virginia arteaga and she was walking out of the altamonte springs police station wearing a white jumpsuit. police say the 59-year-old shot and killed her 29-year-old son blake howard while he was in investigators are trying to figure out what led to the shooting. we will be in court when she faces a judge this afternoon and let you know what happens. >>> in the past events, police arrested the suspect who opened fire near the bethune-cookman university campus overnight and sent part of the campus into lockdown. 4 people have. kimberly eiten has been following the story all day. do we know about the person arrested? >> reporter: police told us they have arrested one of three people involved in last night's shooting here. i spoke with daytona beach police chief giving us more detail about the gunfire that erupted last night around 11:15 near sheridan and wilson. he tells me three guys in a stolen car opened fire on a group standing outside of a home at the intersection using handguns and an ak-47. we're told the suspects shot

the judge denied virginia arteaga's bond. she's facing first-degree police say she shot and killed her 29-year-old son lake howard while he was in the shower monday and apparently she sat in the house for more than one day without telling anyone. >> i have no evidence that there was any type of bad relationship between the mother and the sun. -- between the mother and son unanswered questions at this time. >> she told investigators she was depressed and her son was not happy and since they were together their entire life she says she did not want him to go police say they believe rta to try to take her own life as well but the gun is fired. >>> we will check with prosecutors to see a brevard county counselor accused of molesting a patient will be charged with a crime. department of health filed administrative complaint against pedro sequeira and 2013 after a woman accused them of molesting her while he was working for circles of care in melbourne. could not stop the counselor from practicing at other clinics because he is fig

michelle: police in altamonte springs say virginia arteaga shot and killed her 29-year-old blake howard while he was in the shower. his body was in found at the oak harbour community in altamonte springs. family members say they both lived together. but they have no idea what could' ve lead to the shooting. >> i' ve never seen them argue but i don' t live here so i don' t know. when they were with each other, they were very sweet to each other. michelle: police say they have never responded to this home for problems before. arteaga is held on no bond in seminole county jail. jason: in commitment 2016, donald trump has been momentum heading into super tuesday. as you were sleeping last night, the winner of the nevada caucus was named, it was donald trump. the ballots are still being counted right now. here are the results. trump with 45%, marco rubio barely had a ted cruz for second, ben carson with 5%. >> is going to be an amazing two months. >> donald trump looking ahead to super tuesday after his victory in nevada. people standing in line for hours. entrance polls show trump dominatin

shower the day before he was found, and what police are calling an attempted suicide. 59-year-old virginia arteaga will remain in jail without bond, accused of shooting her own son to death. 29-year-old blake howard was found dead in the shower tuesday around noon. >> i have no evidence there was any type of bad relationship between mother and son. dave: the public defender met with arteaga before she went to court. he had read the report where arteaga is quoted as saying this to police once they broke in, just shoot me. i wish you would just shoot me. jeff dowdy: it seems like she was trying to kill herself, and the gun was dry firing when the officers arrived. dave: meaning, she was pulling the trigger, pointing the gun at herself, but it wouldn' t fire. out of work, on medication for depression according to the report, arteaga wrote a note stating, i love blake. this world is too ugly to leave him behind. monday morning, and that arteaga spent the better part of the next 24 hours working up the courage to kill herself. jean woodward: she was friendly and had a good sense of humor. dave: a neigh

yesterday, police arrested virginia arteaga after they found 29-year-old blake howard shot dead inside the shower. they were initially responded to a welfare check. neighbors tell us they were she recently lost a lot of weight. >> i saw the crowd of people standing. i'm so sorry. i was worried for her. i'm sorry i did not pursue it more. >> police are working to figure out what may have led to the shooting. arteta's court appearance scheduled for 1:30 this afternoon. we will let you know what the judge decides on eyewitness news at 4. >>> the mother of missing baby willow is still in the orange county jail and $50,000 bond. orlando police say leads are dwindling in the search for the baby. susan richardson is facing child neglect and abandonment charges after investigators say she abandon the baby after giving birth last monday. legal analyst says proving charges will be tough if officers do not find out what happened to the baby. formal charges if they are not found in 30 days, richardson could walk out of the jail without posting bail. >>> this morning, donald trump is celebrating a