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TONIGHT AT 11 --

A STORY YOU'LL ONLY SEE ON A-B-C 7!

AN EXCLUSIVE WITH THE EX-GIRLFRIEND OF THE MALL SHOOTER IN OREGON.

THREE THINGS HE DID RIGHT BEFORE OPENING FIRE ON HUNDREDS.

NEWS OPEN-CLIP

FIRST WEATHER-WXWALL

DOCTOR SHOPPING ARREST-NATVO-TCMON

"this woman killed my daughter and she's only getting a traffic misdemeanor."

TRACY KLEINPELL'S MOTHER WANTED JUSTICE FOR HER DAUGHTER.

SHE SHOUTED TO ANYBODY WHO WOULD LISTEN AT A LEE COUNTY COURTHOUSE THIS SUMMER THAT WAS SHE NOT GETTING IT.

TONIGHT, THOUGH, SHE MAY HAVE EARNED A BIT OF SOLACE.

DOCTOR SHOPPING ARREST-SSTOPS-VO-WIPE

THIS WOMAN, THERESA SHIRLEY, IS UNDER ARREST TONIGHT.

INVESTIGATORS SAY SHIRLEY.

.RAN KLEINPELL AND HER BICYCLE OFF THE SANIBEL CAUSEWAY LAST YEAR, KILLING HER.

BUT SHE DID NOT FACE ANY CHARGES BECAUSE DETECTIVES COULD NOT PROVE SHE WAS IMPAIRED AT THE TIME.

ALL SHE GOT WAS A TRAFFIC CITATION.

HOWEVER --

DOCTOR SHOPPING ARREST-SOTVO

8:40 "I think in general it's a relief it's a great indication that law enforcement officers don't quit."

1:00 "to me, indicates to me there was a problem that went far beyond what was originally exposed by law enforcement."

SHIRLEY NOW FACES 12 COUNTS OF DOCTOR SHOPPING.

FORT MYERS PARK GRAFITTI-ONCAM

SWASTIKAS.

WHITE SUPREMACY SLURS.

OBSENITIES.

THEY ALL COVERED A FORT MYERS PARK THIS MORNING.

TAGGERS STRUCK AT SCHANDLER HALL PARK.

FORT MYERS PARK GRAFITTI-PKG

THE IMAGES-

DISTURBING.

9:16 "you had little kids walk by."

MOST OF THE GRAFFITI, THAT COVERED ALMOST EVERY BUILDING AT SCHANDLER HALL PARK IS TOO OFFENSIVE TO AIR.

8:09 "things i can't repeat."

TUESDAY MORNING,

THE PARK'S MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR FOUND THE OBSENITIES.

7:14 "the first thing i noticed was the graffiti on the walls."

THE VANDALS USED BLACK SPRAY PAINT TO MAKE THEIR MARK.

THEY DREW SWASTIKAS,

WROTE WHITE SUPREMACY SLURS,

AND SPRAY-PAINTED MALE GENITALIA ON THE OUTSIDE WALLS.

7:52 "this is the worst i've seen."

PARK EMPLOYEES QUICKLY CALLED IN PAINTERS,

TO COVER THE PROFANITIES.

Nat

TODAY-

THEY'RE CLEANING THE REST OF THE SWASTIKAS FROM THE BASKETBALL COURT.

LUCY VANNORSTRAND-

AN AVID PARK-GOER SAW YESTERDAY'S MESS AND IS DISGUSTED.

11:04 "there was this all over and there was a policeman out here."

COVER 11:50 "you don't want little kids to see it."

EVERYTHING IS CLEANED UP AND BACK TO BUSINESS AT SCHANDLER HALL PARK-

THE HATEFUL MESSAGES LONG GONE.

8:18 "we definitely try to take care of this park to keep it nice and clean for the patrons to use it."

GIANT GROW HOUSE BUST-VO

TONIGHT --

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES KNOW WHAT A ONE-MILLION MARIJUANA GROW HOUSE LOOKS LIKE.

THEY SAY THEY BUSTED AN OPERATION BLOOMING WITH 400 POT PLANTS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN EQUIPMENT.

THEY FOUND IT ON WASHBURN AVENUE IN GOLDEN GATE ESTATES.

DEPUTIES SAY IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST THEY'VE SEEN.

NO ONE WAS HOME DURING THE RAID.

MCAFEE IN US-VO

NEW AT 11 --

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER JOHN MCAFEE IS BACK IN THE U-S.

HE HAS BEEN IN HIDING FOR NEARLY A MONTH AFTER THE MURDER OF HIS NEIGHBOR IN BELIZE.

REMEMBER --

THIS IS THE GUY BEHIND MCAFEE ANTI-VIRUS.

HIS PLANE ARRIVED IN MIAMI TONIGHT.

POLICE IN BELIZE WANT TO QUESTION HIM.

HE IS A PERSON OF INTEREST.

HE'S NOT THE PRIME SUSPECT.

HE WAS IN LAYING LOW IN GUATEMALA.

BUT AUTHORITIES THERE REJECTED HIS BID FOR ASYLUM --

MALL SHOOTING LATEST-VO-WIPE

ONLY ON ABC7 TONIGHT --

WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE MAN WHO STORMED A MALL IN PORTLAND TUESDAY, KILLING PEOPLE, HURTING OTHERS, THAN KILLING HIMSELF.

INVESTIGATORS JUST FOUND OUT WHAT JACOB ROBERTS RIGHT BEFORE THE SHOOTING.

HE QUIT HIS JOB.

HE SOLD HIS BELONGINGS.

HE SEEMED DISTANT TO FRIENDS.

HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND SAYS HE TOLD HER HE WAS MOVING TO HAWAII -- HE EVEN BOUGHT A TICKET.

MALL SHOOTING LATEST-SOTVO

"this was the last thing i would have ever expected especially from him. he was just too sweet. never mean to anybody. "

TONIGHT ONE OF ROBERTS' VICTIMS IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL.

SHE'S JUST 15 YEARS OLD.

RED LIGHT CAMS COMING DOWN-VO-WIPE

NEW SINCE 7 --

WE FOUND OUT TOURISM PLAYED A ROLL IN RED LIGHT CAMERAS COMING DOWN IN COLLIER COUNTY.

THE COUNTY DECIDED THEY DON'T STOP CRASHES.

THEY DON'T MAKE THINGS SAFER.

RED LIGHT CAMS COMING DOWN-SOTVO

SAM DINENNA, RECEIVED TCKET: this is nothing but a collier county cash cow nothing more

THE COUNTY ALSO FELT THEY HURT TOURISM.

TOURISTS WHO RECEIVED TICKETS MIGHT DECIDE NOT TO COME BACK TO TOWN.

THE CAMERAS COME DOWN IN FEBRUARY.

PYTHON TRAINING-VO-WIPE

THE STATE'S PYTHON POPULATION IS EXPLODING!

AND THEY'RE MOVING CLOSER TO NEIGHBORHOODS.

THEY'RE MOVING CLOSER TO YOU.

SO STATE WILDLIFE WANTS YOU TO KNOW WHAT TO DO IF YOU SEE ONE.

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY HELD A CLASS TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO IDENTIFY THE SNAKES.

THEN THEY EXPLAINED HOW TO HUMANELY CAPTURE THEM.

A COUPLE DOZEN PEOPLE EVEN GOT SOME HANDS ON EXPERIENCE.

THE MESSAGE TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE CLASS --

IF YOU SEE A SNAKE -- TAKE PICTURES AND CALL FOR HELP.

PYTHON TRAINING-SOTVO-WIPE

we're not going to be able to eliminate them and take out every single snake but what we can do is prevent their spread by training people to identify them no remove them as quickly as possible."

ANOTHER WAY THE STATE IS FIGHTING THE SNAKES -- THE 2013 PYTHON CHALLENGE.

THEY HAVE CHALLENGED HUNTERS TO CATCH THE LONGEST OR MOST GIANT SNAKES.

VIRAL EAGLE CAM-FFDOTTOPS

HERE IS A PAIR OF ANIMALS PEOPLE CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF.

THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT DICK PRITCHETT REAL ESTATE'S EAGLE CAM.

ALMOST A HALF MILLION PEOPLE IN 109 COUNTRIES HAVE LOGGED ON TO WATCH OZZIE AND HARRIET.

THEY'RE A PAIR OF EAGLES THAT HAVE MADE THEIR NEST IN NORTH FORT MYERS.

THE COUPLE ARE CARING FOR TWO EGGS WHICH COULD HATCH AS EARLY AS CHRISTMAS.

I WATCHED THESE EAGLES RIGHT AFTER THEY LAID THE EGGS.

QUIETER TV COMMERCIALS-ONCAM

IN LESS THAN ONE HOURS --

COMMERCIALS CHANGE.

THE CALM ACT LAW GOES INTO EFFECT.

IT MEANS STATIONS CAN'T BLAST COMMERCIALS SUPER LOUD AND BLOW OUT YOUR EAR DRUMS.

THE F-C-C ADOPTED THIS A YEAR AGO.

NEXT AT 11 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE------------

SOMEONE IS STEALING 250 DOLLAR PRADA SNEAKERS FROM THAT WOMEN'S DOOR STEP.

PACKAGE THIEFS ARE RAMPANT.

WE EXPLAIN HOW TO KEEP FROM BEING THE NEXT VICTIM.

PLUS --

THE GRUESOMENESS WILL SHOCK YOU.

THEY'RE BEATING UP A HOMELESS MAN FOR FUN.

HOW FACEBOOK LED TO JUSTICE.

TZ1 A PROTECT YOUR PACKAGES-VOTOPS-WIPE

TZ1 B HOMELESS BEATING-VOTOPS-DISS

STORMWARN 7 JP OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PHC

TEASE DEMO STORY OF THE NIGHT-VOTOPS

WHO HAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT JOBS RIGHT NOW?

DELIVERY MEN!

A-B-C 7 FOLLOWED ONE ON HIS ROUTE TODAY.

FIND OUT HOW MANY DELIVERIES HE MAKES A DAY --

PLUS HOW TO PREVENT THE NEWEST TREND IN CRIMES.

PEOPLE STEALING THOSE PACKAGES FROM YOUR DOORSTEP.

EXTRA AT 11 OPEN-CLIP

PROTECT YOUR PACKAGES-TCMON

THE HOLIDAY RUSH IS HERE.

FED EX JUST HAD THEIR BUSIEST SHIPPING DAY OF ALL TIME.

BUT, WITH ALL THOSE PACKAGES HITTING DOORSTEPS --

IT IS ALSO A PRIME SEASON FOR THIEVES.

THEY'RE STEALING RIGHT FROM YOUR FRONT DOOR.

PROTECT YOUR PACKAGES-PKG

here ya go! Thank you!

IT'S STILL 12 DAYS AWAY.

BUT FOR BILL AND PAM GRAY TODAY CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY.

its steaks its from kansas city steak company

ITS JUST ONE OF THE 40 TO 43 THOUSAND PACKAGES THAT U-P-S EXPECTS TO DELIVER TO PEOPLE IN THE FORT MYERS AREA THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

52:14 increase in volume this year 10 to 15 percent higher than last year

TODAY WE FOLLOWED U-P-S DRIVER ERIC LEONARD ON HIS CAPE CORAL ROUTE.

nats putting on seatbelt

nats driving away

DURING PEAK SEASON THE DRIVER OF MORE THAN 20 YEARS MAKES ANYWHERE FROM 270 ---

stopping and opening back

TO 300 STOPS.

52:34 i go door to door and one stop after the next until we get the day done:38

LEAVING BOXES ON DOORSTEPS.

MAKING THEM A POSSIBLE TARGET FOR THEIVES.

53:40 i communicate with my customers, if they aren't going to be home i find a good place to leave packages:45

nats opening package

CHARLOTTE GOEBEL RECIEVES AT LEAST FIVE PACKAGES A MONTH.

it's exciting it's almost like christmas everyday!

BUT SHE DOESN'T WORRY ABOUT THEM DISAPPEARING.

6:30 they set it behind the pillars in the front and a lot of times i am home so i'm here when the deliveries are made:39

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS PEOPLE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THEIR GIFTS GET TO THE RIGHT PLACE -

COORDINATE WITH YOUR DRIVER FOR A CERTAIN PICK-UP TIME.

HAVE IT DROPPED OFF AT THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE IF YOU KNOW THEY'LL BE HOME. OR AT YOUR WORK.

PEOPLE CAN ALSO SIGN UP FOR A SIGNATURE REQUIRED SERVICE.

2:31 try to get them in the house as soon as possible so no one takes them hahaha:36

TAKING TIME TO PUT AS MUCH THOUGHT INTO HOW YOU'LL SEND YOUR GIFTS.

AS YOU DO FOR THE GIFT ITSELF.

FL HOMELESS BEATING-VO-WIPE

A FACEBOOK POST HELPED COPS CATCH TWO MEN ACCUSED OF ABUSING A MENTALLY DISABLED HOMELESS MAN.

THE VIDEO SHOWS THE 33-YEAR OLD VICTIM BEING PUNCHED IN THE FACE.

HE FALLS TO THE GROUND.

HE BARELY MOVES.

HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS.

DEPUTIES NEAR VERO BEACH SAY THE PAIR GAVE HIM 20-DOLLARS.

IN EXCHANGE, ONE PUNCHED HIM.

THE OTHER RECORDED IT.

BUT A CONCERNED CITIZEN SAW IT ON FACEBOOK AND TOLD DEPUTIES.

FL WHEELS STOLEN-VOTOPS-WIPE

IN PALM BEACH TONIGHT --

POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR SOME THIEVES WITH EXPENSIVE TASTE.

TWO CAR OWNERS WOKE UP TODAY TO FIND THEIR PORCHE AND BENTLEY SITTING ON BLOCKS.

SOMEONE STOLE THE WHEELS OFF THE CARS!

TX DASH CAM CHASE-NATVOTOPS

nats sirens and scanner chatter as car hits trash can

AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS --

DRAMATIC NEW DASH CAM VIDEO OF A POLICE CHASE NEAR DALLAS.

TWO MEN ROBBED A GAS STATION, THEN DROVE OFF IN THIS CADILLAC.

YOU CAN SEE THEM WEAVE IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC THROUGH SOME BUSY NEIGHBORHOODS!

THE CHASE ENDED WHEN THE CAR BARRELS THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, CRASHING INTO SEVERAL CARS.

ONE OF THE MEN TOOK OFF WHILE OFFICERS PINNED THE OTHER DOWN.

THEY CAUGHT THEM BOTH.

121212 WEDDINGS-VO-WIPE

IT IS 12-12-12!

THE LAST DAY THIS CENTURY WHERE THE DATE, MONTH AND YEAR ARE ALL THE SAME NUMBER.

WE WON'T SEE A DAY LIKE TODAY FOR ANOTHER *89 YEARS!

AND THE SPECIAL DAY WAS FILLED WITH SPECIAL MOMENTS!

FIVE COUPLES SAID "I DO" OUT ON FORT MYERS BEACH TODAY.

121212 WEDDINGS-SOTVO-WIPE

"It was actually sparked because of 11-11-11. We realized at that point in time we were overwhelmed with requests for weddings on that triple digit and that's when we realized the last triple digit of the century is going to be 12-12-12."

COUPLES ALSO FLOODED THE LEE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE TO GET THEIR MARRIAGE LICENSES.

THAT INCLUDES THE MAN PRODUCING THIS NEWSCAST RIGHT NOW -- CHRIS NORMAN.

HE'S ENGAGED TO A-B-C 7 REPORTER KIM BROWN.

121212 BABIES-VOTOPS

AS MANY AS EIGHT BABIES WERE BORN AT THE CAPE CORAL HOSPITAL TODAY.

MANY OF THE MOMS PLANNED TO GIVE THEIR CHILDREN A MEMORABLE BIRTH DATE AS WELL.

THIS IS ISABELLA --

THE WAS BORN AT NOON ON 12-12-12.

SPORTS TOSS-POP EST

TEASE TWO-POP

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NIGHTLINE TEASE-BLK-SOT

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

CITY OF PALMS-SOTTOPS

CITY OF PALMS-POP

CITY OF PALMS-VOTOPS-WIPE

THE TOURNAMENT IT BACK NEXT WEEK. STARTING TUESDAY AT BISHOP VEROT HIGH SCHOOL. TONIGHT WAS THE KICKOFF PARTY

THE NUMBER ONE PLAYER IN THE NATION. ANDREW WIGGINS. WILL BE PLAYING. ALONG WITH 14 OF THE TOP 25 TEAMS IN THE NATION.

CITY OF PALMS-SOTTOPS

MIAMI HEAT-POP

MIAMI HEAT-VOTOPS-WIPE

FGCU HOOPS-VOTOPS

THE FGCU MEN ARE BACK TO WORK ON THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN THEY HOST FLORIDA ATLANTIC. AT ALICO ARENA

THE PANTHERS ARE COACH BY RICK PATINO'S SON. RICHARD.

BOUNTY GATE-POP

BOUNTY GATE-VOTOPS-WIPE

SAINTS LINEBACKER. JOHNATHAN VILMA. WHO WAS ORIGINALLY SUSPENDED THE ENTIRE SEASON.

A SUSPENSION THAT WAS LIFTED ON TUESDAY.

SO NOW. VILMA IS EXPECTED TO FILE A DEFAMATION SUIT AGAINST GOODELL. HOPING TO CLEAR HIS NAME.

BOUNTY GATE-SOTTOPS-WIPE

NHL LABOR-VOTOPS-WIPE

THE NHL TALKS CONTINUED TODAY. HOWEVER THE PLAYERS UNION AND OWNERS DID NOT MEET WITH EACH OTHER. INSTEAD. FEDERAL MEDIATORS MET WITH BOTH SEPARATELY

NHL LABOR-SOTTOPS-WIPE

RYDER CUP-VOTOPS-WIPE

MAYBE. TOM WATSON CAN HELP RIGHT THE SHIP.

WATSON IS EXPECTED TO BE NAMED THE NEXT CAPTAIN OF THE RYDER CUP TEAM.

WATSON WAS THE U-S CAPTAIN BACK IN 1993

GREG NORMAN-VOTOPS

SPEAKING OF GOLF. GREG NORMAN. OF COURSE WAS IN NAPLES AS WELL LAST WEEK.

TOSS TO BREAK-POP

HOLIDAY LIGHTS-VO

IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE ULITMATE HOLIDAY HOMES IN FORT MYERS.

THOUSANDS OF LIGHTS DECK THE YARD OF THIS HOME OFF MCGREGOR.

BUT IT ISN'T YOUR NORMAL LIGHT DISPLAY.

THE HOMEOWNERS GIVE AWAY 3-D GLASSES SO FOLKS COULD REALLY ENJOY IT.

INSIDE IT IS EVEN MORE AMAZING.

TWO ROOMS ARE FILLED WITH A HOLIDAY VILLAGE AND HUNDREDS OF CHRISTMAS THEMED FIGURINES.

IT TAKES ABOUT SEVEN WEEKS TO SET IT ALL UP.

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