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it looks like a tornado right near downtown cartersville at this moment

DEATH, DISTRUCTION AND HEARTBREAK.

A FUNNEL CLOUD ROARED THROUGH GEORGIA LEAVING A MASSIVE MESS BEHIND.

RIGHT NOW AT 5--

HOW THIS SYSTEM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

PLUS--

when she came back her daughter was already dead.

MYSTERY DEATH!

BREAKING RIGHT NOW IN FORT MYERS--

A MOM IS INTERROGATED ABOUT THE DEATH OF HER YOUNG CHILD.

AT 5 --

ABC 7 INVESTIGATES WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THIS APARTMENT.

pop, pop, pop, scream, this is not a war zone you don't do things like that

A DOG FIGHT--

A HAIL OF BULLETS--

ALL OUTSIDE A SCHOOL!

NEW AT 5--

A COMMUNITY OUTRAGED AT POLICE OFFICERS.

AND ARE YOU SECURE, TRUSTING, AND CONFIDENT?

YOUR PURSE WILL PROVE IT.

LADIES --

HL1) FUNNEL CLOUD-trxSOTVO

HL2) FM DEATH INVESTIGATION-trxSOTVO

HL3) DOG FIGHT-trxSOTVO

HL4) HOW YOU CARRY YOUR HANDBAG-trxVOTOPS

STORMWARN 7-CLIP

FIRST WX-WX WALL

COLD FRONT MOVES IN TOMORROW

Windy weather will continue tonight and tomorrow as a cold front crosses Florida. The front has produced severe weather in parts of the southern United States but we are not expecting severe weather here. As the evening unfolds tonight we will see southwest winds gusting over 30 mph and partly cloudy skies. Before sunrise tomorrow we should start to track approaching showers and there will be a threat of rain though 10:00 a.m. Showers could be briefly heavy but they are going to move through here very quickly. Most locations will likely see less than.25" inches of rain tomorrow. By late day we will start to see the clouds break up and winds will turn from the northwest at 20 - 25 mph and gusty. High temperatures tomorrow will be held back in the 70's and it looks like our warm 80 degree weather will be gone for a while.

GA TORNADO-VID BOX

THE SAME SYSTEM J-P JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT IS TO BLAME FOR AT LEAST 2 DEATHS

ONE PERSON DIED IN ADAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA.

A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN THERE AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S CAUGHT ON TAPE.

THAT TWISTER DESTROYED A HOUSE AND FLIPPED OVER CARS.

TN STORM DAMAGE-VID BOX

NEAR NASHVILLE --

A TREE CRUSHED A MAN TO DEATH WHEN IT FELL ON A SHED.

STRONG WINDS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALSO TOPPLED TREES AT A MOBILE HOME PARK THERE.

AND IN MEMPHIS, THE STORM KNOCKED DOWN SEVERAL TREES AS WELL.

ARKANSAS STORM DAMAGE-VID BOX

IN ARKANSAS A POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE TOWN OF ELKINS.

MO STORM DAMAGE-VID BOX

THE STORM DAMAGE STRETCHES NORTH TO MISSOURI!

CHECK OUT WHAT HAPPENED IN SAINT LOUIS.

STRONG WINDS DESTROYED A MOBILE HOME.

IT SNAPPED POWER POLES AND KNOCKED OUT ELECTRICITY.

THE ROOF OF A WAREHOUSE BLEW OFF --

AL STORM DAMAGE-VID BOX

NOW LET'S HEAD TO ALABAMA.

CHECK OUT WHAT THE STORM DID TO THIS BUSINESS IN SHEFFIELD.

STRONG WINDS ALSO BLEW THE STEEPLE OFF OF A CHURCH IN NEARBY ROGERSVILLE.

BREAKING-CLIP

ESTERO WATER MAIN BREAK-OC

BREAKING NEWS ---

RIGHT NOW CREWS ARE HEADED OUT TO A LARGE MAIN BREAK IN ESTERO.

IT'S NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CORKSCREW AND U.S. 41.

WE'RE TOLD THE BREAK IMPACTS A LARGE AREA OF HOUSES AND BUSINESSES.

AND THERE IS CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA OF THE BREAK.

BREAKING-CLIP

ATV ACCIDENT-SSTOPS

ALSO BREAKING AT THIS HOUR,

RIGHT NOW EMERGENCY CREWS ARE RESPONDING TO AN ATV CRASH.

IT'S ON 19TH STREET SOUTHWEST IN GOLDEN GATE ESTATES.

WE'RE TOLD THERE ARE INJURIES.

AN ABC7 NEWS CREW IS HEADED THERE.

BREAKING-CLIP

PHOENIX WORKPLACE SHOOTING-VO

WE'RE ALSO MONITORING BREAKING NEWS AT 5 --

ONE PERSON IS IN EXTREMELY CRITICAL CONDITION TONIGHT AFTER A WORKPLACE SHOOTING IN PHOENIX THIS AFTERNOON.

OFFICERS SAY TWO MORE PEOPLE WERE SHOT.

THEY'RE IN BETTER SHAPE THAN THE THIRD --

BUT ALL ARE HAVING TO FIGHT TO SURVIVE.

DETECTIVES DO NOT BELIEVE THE SHOOTING AT A MORTGAGE COMPANY TODAY WAS RANDOM.

BUT THE GUNMAN IS STILL ON THE LOOSE TONIGHT.

DEVELOPING-CLIP

AL HOSTAGE SITUATION-OC

A STANDOFF IS STILL UNDERWAY AT THIS HOUR IN ALABAMA.

IT STARTED YESTERDAY AFTER A GUNMAN BOARDED A STOPPED SCHOOL BUS. THEN SHOT AND KILLED THE DRIVER.

HE TOOK A 6-YEAR-OLD BOY HOTAGE.

AND IS STILL HOLDING HIM TONIGHT.

AL HOSTAGE SITUATION-PKG

A TENSE HOSTAGE SITUATION IS STILL UNFOLDING IN MIDLAND CITY, ALABAMA. NOW

MORE THAN 24 HOURS AFTER A GUNMAN KIDNAPPED A 6 YEAR OLD BOY FROM A

SCHOOL BUS TUESDAY.

POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT MURDERED THE DRIVER, WHO TRIED TO RESIST.

"he started telling him he needed a kid because something about the law

coming after him and then he shot the bus driver,

POLICE SOURCES IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT AS JIMMY LEE DYKES, THE OWNER OF THE

SAME PROPERTY SWAT TEAMS HAVE NOW DESCENDED UPON, and WHERE DYKES IS HOLED

UP IN AN UNDERGROUND BUNKER WITH THE YOUNG BOY.

NEIGHBORS SAY HE'S LONG BEEN A PROBLEM.

"I just called him 'mean man'.

THE 65-YEAR OLD IS REPORTEDLY A MILITARY VETERAN WHO MISSED A COURT HEARING

TODAY. WHERE HE WAS TO FACE CHARGES OF "MENACING" HIS NEIGHBORS.

POLICE RADIO TRAFFIC CAPTURED THE CHAOS he allegedly caused.

Police Officer - Just had a bus driver shot. Possibly deceased.

Police Officer - Suspect has removed a child from the bus. / They're on

foot at this time.

PARENTS OF OTHER CHILDREN ON THE BUS. PANICKED.

MOM Nobody called and told me anything so now I'm going to look for my

son. I called home he's not home.

BUT POLICE SAY DYKES TOOK JUST THE ONE CHILD. A BOY WHO HAPPENS TO NEED

SPECIAL MEDICATIONS. NOW STUCK IN A HOLE. DIFFICULT FOR SWAT TEAMS TO

REACH.

garrett: It's a very tricky situation. I suspect that's this is one of the

DEVELOPING-CLIP

HORIZON DEATH INVESTIGATION-OC-VO-OC

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW --

FORT MYERS POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW A LITTLE GIRL DIEAD AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.

THEY'RE INVESTIGATING AT THE HORIZONS COMPLEX OFF SUMMERLIN ROAD.

ABC7'S JOELLE PARKS WAS THERE AS WELL --

HORIZON DEATH INVESTIGATION-LL PKG

Since we've been here the crime scene grew from just this apartment complex, to this whole area.

Fort Myers police telling us they responded to the back apartment on the first floor of the building for a medical call.

Neighbors say when they got here a little girl around 2 years old was dead.

Neighbor say the children's mother wasn't home at the time but came home when she got a call at work that her little girl was unresponsive and another child had a gash in its leg.

They tell us the mother was questioned by authorities before heading to the hospital.

Neighbor say the scene was very chaotic.

Take sot-14 sec

Cheryl Jelks

Neighbor

" I heard all these ambulances come in and I seen the olive and then they ran and got the tape to cross it off then I saw the, take one child out of this apartment and then maybe a half hour later they took another child out of here."

Neighbors say the mother is still at the hospital with that child while family member care for another child so was unharmed.

Fmpd says the neighborhood is not at risk at time.

They're still out here investigating.

NAPLES BURGLARY ARREST-SS OC TAG

A GROUP OF MEN ARE IN JAIL FOR A STRING OF ATTEMPTED BURGLARIES IN COLLIER COUNTY.

OFFICERS SAY THEY CAUGHT THESE THREE MEN ON CRAYTON ROAD IN NAPLES - ATTEMPTING TO BREAK INTO A HOUSE.

THEY FOUND ONE MAN BEHIND THE BACK OF THAT HOME.

THEY CAUGHT THE TWO OTHERS IN A CAR.

OFFICERS TELL US INSIDE THAT CAR. BOLT CUTTERS AND SCREWDRIVERS.

ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS THE CREW IS FROM HIALEAH, FLORIDA NEAR MIAMI.

THEY BELIEVE THE TRIO IS INVOLVED WITH OTHER GROUPS.

GOLDEN GATE MISSING WOMAN-SS

WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW --

A WOMAN MISSING IN COLLIER COUNTY HAS BEEN FOUND.

DEPUTIES TELL US LANIE MAZZAROLLO IS SAFE.

NFM FATAL ACCIDENT-VO-WIPE

A MAN STEPS OUT IN FRONT OF AN S-U-V AND THE DRIVER HIT AND KILLED HIM.

TONIGHT WE KNOW THAT DEAD MAN IS 45-YEAR OLD MICHAEL MULLADY.

IT HAPPENED AT A BUS STOP ON U-S 41 NEAR JUDD ROAD JUST AFTER SIX THIS MORNING IN NORTH FORT MYERS.

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPERS SAYS MULLADY WAS ON HIS CELL PHONE AT THE TIME.

A WITNESS TELLS ABC 7 HE HELD MULLADY'S HEAD AND TRIED TO KEEP HIM FROM CHOKING ON HIS OWN BLOOD.

DOCTORS PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL.

LEHIGH CRASH-VOTOPS

LOOK AT THIS!

IT'S THE AFTERMATH OF A CHAIN-REACTION CRASH IN LEHIGH ACRES.

E-M-S RUSHED SEVEN PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL -- INCLUDING A SMALL CHILD THAT WAS STRAPPED INTO A CAR SEAT.

TROOPERS SAY A DRIVER WAITING ON STATE ROAD 82 TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO SHAWNEE ROAD WAS HIT.

THEN TWO OTHER CARS SLAMMED INTO EACH OTHER.

PROSTITUTION LEE COUNTY-SS

CHEST BUMP NAPLES-OC

NEW AT 5 --

AN ARGUMENT AMONG BUSINESS OWNERS OVER A PARKING SPOT ESCALATED IN NAPLES --

AND ONE PERSON SAYS IT ENDED WITH A "CHEST BUMP."

IT HAPPENED ON FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH.

THE OWNER OF FINGERNAIL FINESSE SAYS THE OWNER OF "JAMMIN" CHEST BUMPED HER THREE TIMES AFTER THEY FOUGHT OVER THE PARKING SPOT.

BUT --

HE DENIES THE PHYSICAL CONTACT.

IMPACT FEES LEE COUNTY-VO

LEADERS FROM ACROSS LEE COUNTY ARE SAYING EXACTLY WHAT THEY MEAN ABOUT POSSIBLY SUSPENDING IMPACT FEES.

MAYORS FROM EVERY CITY AND TOWN SAT DOWN WITH THE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY FOUR YEARS.

THE COUNTY COLLECTS MONEY OR IMPACT FEES ON NEW CONSTRUCTION TO HELP BUILD SCHOOLS, ROADS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

CAPE CORAL WORRIES THEY WOULD HAVE TO DROP THEIR FEES TO STAY COMPETITIVE.

BONITA SPRINGS WORRIES IF LEE COUNTY LOSES THAT MONEY - THE COUNTY MIGHT TRY AND GO AFTER THE CITY.

RICK SCOTT EDUCATION-VO

FLORIDA GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT WANTS TO BOOST SCHOOL SPENDING BY 1-POINT-2 BILLION DOLLARS NEXT YEAR.

HE WANTS LAWMAKERS TO SPREAD THAT MONEY OUT AMONG KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE.

THAT'S ROUGHLY A 400-DOLLAR-PER-STUDENT INCREASE.

DON'T FORGET --

IN 2011, GOVERNOR SCOTT CUT ONE BILLION DOLLARS FROM THE EDUCATION BUDGET.

HE FACES CRITICISM FOR THAT.

NEXT AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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

YOU CAN GET BACK TO UNCLE SAM STARTING TODAY.

BUT HOW MUCH WILL IT COST YOU TO FILE.

OUR ABC7 SMART SHOPPER HELPS YOU MANAGE YOUR TAXES.

PLUS 105 YEARS OLD.

86-YEARS ON THE ROAD.

WHY THIS GRANNY IS STILL BEHIND THE WHEEL.

TZ1 A TAX SEASON-VO

TZ1 B GRANNY BEHIND THE WHEEL-VOTOPS

INDIANA STORM DAMAGE-VOTOPS

MORE STORM DAMAGE VIDEO TONIGHT.

THIS IS IN CENTRAL INDIANA WHERE

HIGH WINDS KNOCKED DOWN POWER LINES.

STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FORECAST-WXWALL

COLD FRONT MOVES IN TOMORROW

Windy weather will continue tonight and tomorrow as a cold front crosses Florida. The front has produced severe weather in parts of the southern United States but we are not expecting severe weather here. As the evening unfolds tonight we will see southwest winds gusting over 30 mph and partly cloudy skies. Before sunrise tomorrow we should start to track approaching showers and there will be a threat of rain though 10:00 a.m. Showers could be briefly heavy but they are going to move through here very quickly. Most locations will likely see less than.25" inches of rain tomorrow. By late day we will start to see the clouds break up and winds will turn from the northwest at 20 - 25 mph and gusty. High temperatures tomorrow will be held back in the 70's and it looks like our warm 80 degree weather will be gone for a while.

TOSS TO NINA-OC

TODAY IS THE DAY.

YOU CAN START FILING THOSE TAXES AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE RETURNS.

BUT THE SEASON IS STARTING LATE. BECAUSE OF THE FISCAL CLIFF.

TAX SEASON-TC MON

TAX SEASON-PKG

NATS - CALCULATOR

ART ATWAY IS USED TO CRUNCHING NUMBERS AT HIS FORT MYERS ACCOUNTING OFFICE-

NATS - CALC

BUT THIS YEAR'S TIME-CRUNCH FOR FILING TAXES IS A FIRST.

06:00:32 4

"So that's only giving us 75 days to file versus 90 days."

FILING WITH AN ACCOUNTANT RATHER THAN A FRANCHISED OFFICE OR ONLINE SERVICE WILL COST YOU MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS MORE ON AVERAGE.

BUT IF YOU'VE RECENTLY EXPERIENCED BIG FINANCIAL CHANGES LIKE A JOB LOSS OR TUITION COSTS-

ATWAY SAYS ACCOUNTANTS CAN OFFER ADVICE ON YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATION AND HELP YOU PLAN FOR FUTURE YEARS.

NATS -experience itself is worth it

ATTENTION TO DETAIL THAT COULD GET YOU MORE MONEY FROM CHARITABLE DONATION CLAIMS OR YOUR CHILD'S COLLEGE EDUCATION.

WHATEVER METHOD YOU CHOOSE - YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS TO GET YOUR RETURN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

06:04:55 3

"Don't just bring w2 form bring all documentation."

ATWAY SAYS EVERYTHING FROM UTILITY BILLS TO COLLEGE RECORDS CAN ENSURE PROOF AND HELP YOU GET ALL THE DEDUCTIONS YOU'VE EARNED.

AND TO OFFSET THE THREAT OF FRAUD - FILE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

06:02:42 9

"Go ahead and file your taxes as soon as you can we have a lot of people out there because a lot of people doing fraudulent tax returns they might beat you to it."

TAX SEASON-TC MON

AND WHILE THE FISCAL CLIFF TALKS DID LEAD CONGRESS TO DO AWAY WITH SOME DEDUCTIONS-

OTHERS REMAIN IN TACT -

FOR A LIST OF SOME KEY DEDUCTIONS YOU CAN STILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF VISIT ABC DASH SEVEN DOT COM

CANCER SCREENINGS-VO

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER --

CONSUMER REPORTS IS RATING CANCER SCREENING TESTS.

THEIR RESEARCHERS LISTED SOME TESTS AS NECESSARY.

BUT THEY SAY THERE ARE OTHERS YOU CAN SKIP.

THEY SUGGEST, IF YOU'RE AN ADULT AND YOU JUST HAVE AN AVERAGE RISK, YOU CAN AVOID PANCREATIC, TESTICULAR, AND OVARIAN CANCER SCREENINGS.

BUT YOU SHOULD TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT CERVICAL, COLORECTAL AND BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS.

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION HEART-VOTOPS

WE'RE ALSO LEARNING TONIGHT --

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION MAY INDICATE YOU HAVE HEART DISEASE.

AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS FOUND MEN WITH ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION WENT TO THE HOSPITAL MORE OFTEN FOR HEART PROBLEMS.

EXPERTS DON'T THINK ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION CAUSES THE HEART PROBLEMS.

IT'S MORE LIKELY JUST A SYMPTOM OF 'SILENT' HEART DISEASE.

105 YEAR OLD DRIVER-VO

SHE'S NOT LETTING HER AGE STOP HER FROM DRIVING.

EDYTHE KIRCHMAIER OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA TURNED 105 THIS WEEK.

SHE'S NOW THE OLDEST LICENSED DRIVER IN CALIFORNIA.

EDYTHE PASSED HER DRIVING TEST. AND HERE'S THIS WEEK'S D-M-V PICTURE TO PROVE IT.

IN HER 86-YEARS ON THE ROAD. HER DRIVING RECORD IS PRISTINE.

NO CRASHES.

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO------------

THEY'RE BIG BRANDS.

DIGIORNO

STOUFFERS.

CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN.

AND THEY'RE FACING A BIG LAWSUIT.

WHY ONE WOMAN CLAIMS FROZEN FOOD CAUSED HER CANCER.

WE JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT THE OLDEST DRIVER ON THE ROAD IN CALIFORNIA.

BUT CHECK THIS OUT.

AN ELDERLY WOMAN GOES BESERK BEHIND THE WHEEL.

TZ2 A FROZEN PIZZA LAWSUIT-VOTOPS-WIPE

TZ2 B SENIOR ROAD RAGE-VOTOPS

BUMP SHOT-BUMP IN

FROZEN PIZZA LAWSUIT-VO IN POP

THE MAKER OF DIGIORNO, STOUFFERS, AND CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN IS FACING A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT TONIGHT.

A WOMAN CLAIMS THEIR FROZEN PIZZA CAUSES CANCER.

NEW TONIGHT --

WHY SHE THINKS THAT AND WHAT SHE WANTS.

FROZEN PIZZA LAWSUIT-PKG

IT'S THE 5 MILLION DOLLAR FROZEN PIZZA BATTLE THAT COULD HEAT UP A

CALIFORNIA COURT ROOM

TRACK 2

THIS MORNING, DIGIORNO, STOUFFERS, AND CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN ARE COMING

UNDER FIRE ---A NEW CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT CLAIMING THE MAKERS OF THE POPULAR

PIZZA BRANDS ARE A DANGER TO PUBLIC HEALTH.

TAKING ON NESTLE - WHO PRODUCES ALL 3 BRANDS - KATIE SIMPSON OF SAN DIEGO.

IN THE LAWSUIT SHE JUST FILED, SHE ARGUES THE COMPANY IS "PLACING PROFITS

OVER PUBLIC HEALTH" BY NOT REMOVING TRANS FATS FROM THEIR PIZZAS

SOT 2

Greg Watson / Attorney

katie has 2 young children and she likes to make pizza for them and all kids

love pizza

it shouldn't have toxic food additive that's been banned all around the

world.

TRACK 5

CALIFORNIA, FOLLOWED BY 13 CITIES ACROSS THE U.S. BANS TRANS

FATS IN FOODS SERVED RESTAURANTS. BECAUSE THEY RAISE BAD CHOLESTEROL AND

LOWER THE GOOD KIND.

BUT THERE ARE NO BANS ON TRANS FATS IN PACKAGED FOODS -- THE FDA AND USDA

ONLY REQUIRE THAT COMPANIES LIST ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS ON THE LABEL.

Nat supermarket?

STILL, WHEN SIMPSON WAS BUYING HER FAVORITE FROZEN PIZZAS, SHE SAYS, SHE HAD

NO IDEA THEY CONTAINED WHAT THE SUIT CALLS "A TOXIC CARCINOGEN."

SOT 1

Greg Watson / Attorney

20:21:56

we want all the money they have ever made from the frozen pizzas

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TRANS FAT LAWSUIT.

IN 2005, MCDONALD'S PAID 8.5 MILLION TO SETTLE TWO LAWSUITS ALLEGING

THEYMISLED CONSUMERS ABOUT TRANS FAT LEVELS IN THEIR FOOD.

BUT WILL THIS PIZZA SUIT GET TOSSED OUT OF COURT?

SOT 3 Sunny Hostin

I mean it's clear that these companies haven't broken any rules

FROZEN PIZZA LAWSUIT-VO IN POP

GIO BENITEZ REPORTING.

TEASE THREE-ONCAM

THE COMPUTER MIGHT NOT BE THE ONLY WAY STRANGERS ARE GETTING INSIDE YOUR HOME. AND GETTING TO YOUR CHILDREN.

"Majority of the time I think they're harmless, because you send them to your friends

CHILDREN ARE NOW USING THEIR I-PHONES TO SNAP CHAT!

THEY SEND PICTURES.

THEY TEXT.

BUT THE PERSON ON THE OTHER END. COULD BE A MONSTER.

ABC7 SHOWS YOU WHY AND HOW TO MONITOR IT.

gaby giffords:

"we must do something"

SHOOTING VICTIM AND FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN GABBY GIFFORDS TAKES ON THE N-R-A AND THE SENATE.

THE DIVIDE IN THE HEATED DEBATE OVER GUN CONTROL.

PLUS THIS -

sara Miles/ ABC7 Reporter - "Kids are being forced to walk in the grass and on busy streets I'm sara miles how the trek to and from pelican elementary in Cape Coral could be made a lot safer."

BUT FIRST - MEET A-B-C 7'S FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY.

JESS SOBOLEWSKI OF FORT MYERS.

THANKS FOR WATCHING JESS!

TZ3 A SEXTING APPS-SOTVO

TZ3 B GUN CONTROL DEBATE-SOTVO

TZ3 C PELICAN ELEMENTARY SIDEWALKS-STANDUPSOT

FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY-SSTOPS

BUMP SHOT-BUMP OUT

BREAKING-CLIP

WATER MAIN BREAK-SSTOPS

BREAKING NEWS ---

A LARGE MAIN BREAK IS IMPACTING SEVERAL HOMES AND BUSINESSES TONIGHT IN ESTERO.

IT'S NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CORKSCREW AND U.S. 41.

WE'RE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED TONIGHT.

BREAKING-CLIP

ATV CRASH-SSTOPS

ABC7 CONTINUES TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS ON AN A-T-V CRASH.

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPERS TELL US A 17-YEAR-OLD BOY IS IN LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL TONIGHT.

ACCORING TO TROOPERS HE HIT A DOG AND A MAILBOX WITH HIS A-T-V.THAT ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES.

ALL OF THIS HAPPENED JUST BEORE 4:30 IN GOLDEN GATE ESTATES NEAR 19TH STREET NORTHWEST.

IT'S NOT CLEAR IF THE BOY HAD ON A HELMET AT THE TIME.

NEWS AT 5:00 PM OPEN-CLIP

TS FM DEATH INVESTIGATION-VID BOX

MAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW AT 530 --

FORT MYERS POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW A LITTLE GIRL DIED.

NEIGHBORS TELL US SHE WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE HER MOTHER'S APARTMENT IN THE HORIZONS APARTMENT COMPLEX.

AND THEY SAY ANOTHER YOUNG CHILD WENT TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A GASH IN THEIR LEG.

TS ALABAMA HOSTAGE-VID BOX

ALSO AT THIS HALF HOUR,

A SHOOTER IS HOLDING A SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY HOSTAGE. INSIDE OF AN UNDERGROUND BUNKER IN ALABAMA.

OFFICERS SAY JIMMY LEE DYKES STORMED A SCHOOL BUS - KILLING THE DRIVER YESTERDAY.

THEY SAY HE THEN KIDNAPPED THE BOY.

TS AZ WORKPLACE SHOOTING-VID BOX

THREE PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING TO SURVIVE TONIGHT --

AFTER A WORKPLACE SHOOTING IN PHOENIX.

ONE OF THE VICTIMS IS IN EXTREMELY CRITICAL CONDITION.

THE OTHER TWO ALSO SUFFERED LIFE THREATENING INJURES BUT NOT AS SEVERE.

THE SHOOTER IS STILL ON THE LOOSE TONIGHT.

GUN CONTROL DEBATE-VOTOPS-2 SHOT

RECENT MASS SHOOTINGS INCLUDING THE ONE IN NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT HAVE PUT GUN CONTROL IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

AND TODAY IN WASHINGTON - GUN SAFETY ADVOCATES AND THE N-R-A SQUARED OFF BEFORE CONGRESS.

HI I'M JEFF BUTERA.

AND I'M COURTNEY ROBINSON.

SEVERAL PEOPLE SPOKE AT THE HEARING INCLUDING FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN GABBY GIFFORDS.

A GUNMAN NEARLY KILLED HER TWO YEARS AGO IN TUCSON, ARIZONA.

HE SHOT HER IN THE HEAD.

GUN CONTROL DEBATE-PKG

TODAY GABBY GIFFORDS SERVED AS A PAINFUL REMINDER OF THE EFFECTS OF GUN

VIOLENCE.

Giffords SOT 10:13:14

Speaking is difficult but I need to say something important.

IT WAS AN EMOTION APPEAL FOR HER FORMER COLLEAGUES IN CONGRESS TO DO WHAT

THEY CAN TO PREVENT ANOTHER TRAGEDY.

Giffords SOT 10:13:45

you must act - be bold, be courageous, americans are counting on you.

IT WAS THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL HEARING SINCE THE NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT

SHOOTING.WHICH LEFT 20 SCHOOLCHILDREN DEAD.

THE HEAD OF THE NRA SAID LAWMAKERS SHOULD NOT BE FOCUSED ON NEW LAWS.

LaPierre SOT 11:01:25

We need to enforce the 1000s of gun laws on the books.

IT'S THE MASS SHOOTINGS THAT CAPTURE THE NATION'S ATTENTIONBUT EVERY DAY,

THE GUN VIOLENCE IN THE US CONTINUES.

LAST WEEK, CHICAGO TEENAGER HADIYA PENDLETON WAS IN WASHINGTON FOR PRESIDENT

OBAMA'S INAUGURATION.

YESTERDAY SHE WAS GUNNED DOWN IN A PARK JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM HER SCHOOLTHE

APPARENT INNOCENT VICTIM OF A GANG WAR.

Carney SOT

If we can save any one child's life, we have an obligation to try when it

comes to this scourge of gun violence.

PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS MADE GUN CONTROL A TOP PRIORITY FOR HIS SECOND TERMHE'S

PUSHING LAWMAKERS TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT WILL

GFX

LIMIT THE NUMBER OF ROUNDS IN A MAGAZINE CLIP

GFX

RENEW A BAN ON THOSE SO-CALLED ASSAULT WEAPONS.

GFX

AND REQUIRE UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR GUN PURCHASES.

THE NRA SAYS IT'S NO LONGER ON BOARD WITH THAT - BECAUSE IT JUST WON'T WORK.

LaPierre SOT

You're never going to get criminals to go through background checks.

TAG: REPUBLICANS AND EVEN SOME RURAL STATE DEMOCRATS AGREE - AND THAT'S A

BIG CHALLENGE FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA. KT ABC NEWS WASHINGTON.

SCHOOL SAFETY LOCAL ISSUE-OC

A FLORIDA SENATOR SAYS SCHOOL SAFETY SHOULD BE A LOCAL ISSUE.

SENATOR CHRIS SMITH OF FORT LAUDERDALE SAYS THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE GUN CULTURE THAT VARIES FROM PLACE TO PLACE IN THE STATE.

PELICAN ELEMENTARY SIDEWALKS-OC-VO-OC

LEE COUNTY SCHOOL LEADERS ARE TRYING TO KEEP KIDS SAFER IN CAPE CORAL -- BUT FROM SOMETHING NOT INVOLVING GUNS.

HERE'S THE SITUATION --

KIDS ARE WALKING AND BIKING ON BUSY ROADS AND IN THE GRASS NEAR PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CITY HOPE TO CHANGE THAT.

NEW AT 530 --

PELICAN ELEMENTARY SIDEWALKS-LL PKG

on cam

A FEW HOURS AGO WHEN SCHOOL LET OUT WHERE IM STANDING FLOODED WITH KIDS -- SHARING THIS STREET WITH CARS AS THEY WALKED OR BIKED HOME.

THATS BECAUSE THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS THE CLOSEST ONE IS A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET AWAY BUT. THAT COULD SOON CHANGE.

CAPE CORAL AND SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE APPLYING FOR A SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL GRANT TO PUT SIDEWALKS UP IN THE AREA ACROSS FROM PELICAN ELEMENTARY.

THE 190 THOUSAND DOLLARS WOULD COVER PARTS OF THREE STREETS NEAR THE SCHOOL -- THAT INCLUDES SW 32ND TERRACE, SW 3RD AVENUE AND SW 37TH LANE.

PARENTS WE TALKED TO IN THE AREA SAY THIS AREA IS PLAGUED WITH SPEEDERS AND SIDEWALKS WOULD MAKE IT SAFER.

TAKE SOT --

ERIN MACINDOE - PARENT 9 SEC

48:54 I FEEL LIKE I'M IN THEIR WAY IF THEY HAD SIDEWALKS WE COULD GET OUT OF THEIR WAY.:57

47:59 I TRY TO JUST STAY ON THE GRASS OR CLOSE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS I CAN 48:04

TAKE SARA --

THE SCHOOL DIST TELLS US THERE ARE ROUGHLY 400 STUDENTS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM THE SIDEWALKS.

THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOUR INPUT -- A PUBLIC MEETING IS BEING HELD ON FEBUARY 5TH AT 5 AT THE SCHOOL.

SANDUSKY NO NEW TRIAL-VO

JERRY SANDUSKY WON'T GET A NEW TRIAL.

HIS LAWYERS WERE ASKING FOR ONE CLAIMING THEY WEREN'T GIVEN ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE FOR IT.

BUT A JUDGE SAID THE JUDGE SAID MORE TIME WOULDN'T HAVE CHANGED THE OUTCOME.

FL DOCTOR FBI RAID-VO

TODAY --

F-B-I AGENTS RAIDED THE OFFICE OF A PROMINENT SOUTH FLORIDA DOCTOR AND POLITICAL DONOR.

THEY REMOVED SEVERAL ITEMS FROM DOCTOR SALOMON MELGEN'S OFFICE IN WEST PALM BEACH.

BUT THEY'RE NOT SAYING MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

ACCORDING TO THE MIAMI HERALD, MELGEN OWES THE I-R-S MORE THAN 11 MILLION DOLLARS.

THE REPORT ALSO SHOWS MELGEN DONATED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO SEVERAL POLITICIANS -- SENATOR BILL NELSON, REPRESENTATIVE DEBBIE WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ AND SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ OF NEW JERSEY.

ALL DEMOCRATS.

MELGEN IS ALSO ACCUSED OF TAKING SENATOR MENENDEZ ON FREE TRIPS TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

RYAN OUT OF PRISON-VO

FORMER ILLINOIS GOVERNOR GEORGE RYAN IS OUT OF FEDERAL PRISON TONIGHT.

RYAN SERVED MORE THAN FIVE YEARS FOR CORRUPTION.

THE 78-YEAR-OLD LEFT THE PRISON IN INDIANA THIS MORNING AND WENT STRAIGHT TO A HALFWAY HOUSE IN CHICAGO.

TONIGHT HE IS BACK AT HIS OWN HOUSE.

RYAN'S SUCCESSOR, FORMER GOVERONOR ROD BLAGOJEVICH IS ALSO IN PRISON FOR CORRUPTION.

MALALA UPDATE-VO

WE HAVE AN UPDATE TONIGHT ON THE YOUNG PAKISTANI GIRL SHOT IN THE HEAD BY THE TALIBAN.

BRITISH DOCTORS SAY THE GIRL KNOWN AS MALALA WILL REQUIRE ONE FINAL SURGERY TO COVER A HOLE IN HER SKULL.

THEY WILL USE A TITANIUM PLATE TO COVER THE HOLE.

SENIOR CITIZEN ROAD RAGE-VO.WIPE

A SENIOR CITIZEN CHARGED WITH A HATE CRIME.

AND TONIGHT OFFICERS SAY HE ALSO HAD A BAD CASE OF ROAD RAGE.

ACCORDING TO TWO WOMEN -

71-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM ZESBAUGH TRIED TO RUN THEM OFF THE ROAD AS THEY MADE THEIR WAY TO A MEDICAL APPOINTMENT.

THEY SAY HE HIT THEIR CAR --

THEN POPPED HIS TRUCK.GRABBED HIS CLUB STEERING WHEEL LOCK AND HIT ONE OF THE WOMEN IN THE ARM.

SENIOR CITIZEN ROAD RAGE-SOTVO

I kind of half laughed cause my husband would be entertained to hear that - and you - I was just shocked where did that come from - what place does that have."

THE WOMAN WHO HE DIDN'T HIT IS A LESBIAN. SHE CALLS IT DISCONCERTING.

BOULDER ALMOST HITS WOMAN-VO.WIPE

WHAT A CLOSE CALL FOR A WOMAN DRIVING IN COLORADO.

CHECK THIS OUT.

A HUGE BOULDER. THE SIZE OF A CAR. TUMBLED DOWN THE SIDE OF A CANYON, NARROWLY MISSING HER.

BOULDER ALMOST HITS WOMAN-SOTVO

"I was either going to hit - hit the brakes - which of course I hit the brakes."

CHARM WAS ABLE TO STOP BEFORE HITTING BOULDER.

SHE KEEPS HAVING PROBLEMS ON THE ROAD.

CHARM WAS NEARLY KILLED BY A DRIVER WHO ALMOST SLAMMED IN TO HER RIGHT BEFORE THIS INTERVIEW.

TOYOTA RECALL-SS-OC

ANOTHER RECALL ALERT TONIGHT FROM TOYOTA.

THE AUTOMAKER IS RECALLING THOUSANDS OF CARS FOR FAULTY AIR BAGS.

THE AIR BAGS CAN IMPROPERLY INFLATE IN MORE THAN 750-THOUSAND COROLLA AND COROLLA MATRIX CARS SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES.

TOYOTA IS ALSO RECALLING 385 THOUSAND LEXUS LUXURY CARS FOR DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD WIPERS.

WHOLE FOODS SALMON RECALL-VOTOPS

ANOTHER RECALL ALERT TO TELL YOU ABOUT TONIGHT --

WHOLE FOODS IS RECALLING A LOT OF WILD ALASKAN SALMON BECAUSE OF THE THREAT OF LISTERIA.

THE FDA SAYS A SAMPLE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE BACTERIA.

STORES SOLD THE RECALLED PRODUCT IN A DOZEN STATES INCLUDING FLORIDA.

GUM POLLUTION MEXICO-VO

DISCARDED CHEWING GUM IS CAUSING PROBLEMS IN MEXICO CITY.

MEXICO IS THE SECOND LARGEST CONSUMER OF GUM IN THE WORLD.

ON AVERAGE EVERY RESIDENTS THERE CHEWS THREE PIECES OF GUM EACH DAY, AND MANY OF THEM THROW THAT GUM AWAY ON THE STREET.

ONE MEXICAN LAWMAKER HAS PROPOSED A HIGHER TAX ON GUM.

SEXTING APPS-OC

INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON --

AND ITS NOT JUST A COMPUTER THAT PARENTS NEED TO WORRY ABOUT.

THERE ARE ALSO CONCERNS ABOUT NEW MOBILE APPS WHERE KIDS CAN CHAT AND SEND PHOTOS TO ANYONE.

SEXTING APPS-PKG

"We want to shelter kids but sometimes you need to show them the monsters do exist."

CHILD ADVOCACY PROJECT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ABBY LEEDS SAYS ITS NOT ENOUGH TO TELL YOUR KIDS ABOUT THE DANGERS EXIST ON LINE- THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND A PHOTO OR TEXT CAN LIVE FOREVER- ESPECIALLY WHEN USING SOME OF THE NEWER MOBILE CHATTING APPS.

"A lot of these apps actually store the pictures. So you may send a photo and the recipient deletes it off of their phone but that company then holds a copy of that picture."

LEEDS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WE SPOKE TO SAY PARENTS NEED TO HAVE PASSWORDS FOR KIDS WIRELESS DEVICES, CHECK CHATTING HISTORY.

"Majority of the time I think they're harmless, because you send them to your friends and you know it's your friends because you'll text them 'did you get my snapchat?" or you talk to them in person but I know I'm just a kid."

We talked w a group of students who say they use mobile apps to chat - bit only talk to those they know. police are involved in a case where a minor texted an explicit photo to unknown person through a Canadian based mobile app.

These kids say their parents reinforce what not to do online or on their phones

SEXTING APPS-OC

DEANNA DURANTE REPORTING.

EXPERTS RECOMMEND CHECKING UP ON YOUR CHILD'S CELL PHONE USE.

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE FOUR------------

ON YOUR SHOULDER.

YOUR WRIST.

UNDER YOUR ARM.

IN YOUR HAND.

EVEN ACROSS YOUR BODY.

HOW YOU HOLD YOUR PURSE COULD BE THE KEY TO YOUR PERSONALITY.

ABC7 EXPLAINS WHAT EACH MEANS.

IT'S A WAY SOME CHEAT THEIR CELL PHONE COMPANIES.

UNLOCKING THE SOFTWARE TO SWITCH TO A CHEAPER NETWORK.

TONIGHT WHY YOU COULD GO TO JAIL FOR THAT VERY CRIME.

TZ4 A HOW YOU CARRY YOUR HANDBAG-VO

TZ4 B UNLOCKING CELL PHONES-VO

IOWA MO SNOW-VOTOPS

WHILE SOME AREAS ARE CLEANING UP FROM TORNADOES AND HEAVY WINDS.OTHER AREAS ARE DIGGING OUT AND DEALING WITH SNOW THAT IS STILL FALLING.

TAKE A LOOK.

THIS IS IN DES MOINES IOWA.

HEAVY SNOW CAUSED DRIVERS TO SLIDE OFF THE ROADS.

SNOW ALSO FELL THIS MORNING IN MISSOURI.

STORM WARN JP OPEN-CLIP

CROSSTALK-WX EST

FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FORECAST-WXWALL

COLD FRONT MOVES IN TOMORROW

Windy weather will continue tonight and tomorrow as a cold front crosses Florida. The front has produced severe weather in parts of the southern United States but we are not expecting severe weather here. As the evening unfolds tonight we will see southwest winds gusting over 30 mph and partly cloudy skies. Before sunrise tomorrow we should start to track approaching showers and there will be a threat of rain though 10:00 a.m. Showers could be briefly heavy but they are going to move through here very quickly. Most locations will likely see less than.25" inches of rain tomorrow. By late day we will start to see the clouds break up and winds will turn from the northwest at 20 - 25 mph and gusty. High temperatures tomorrow will be held back in the 70's and it looks like our warm 80 degree weather will be gone for a while.

HOW YOU CARRY YOUR HANDBAG-OC

LADIES, APPARENTLY THE WAY YOU HOLD YOUR HANDBAG CAN SAY A LOT ABOUT YOUR

LIFE AND PERSONALITY.

HOW YOU CARRY YOUR HANDBAG-PKG

A body language expert has revealed an insight into how the way a woman

holds her handbag can give an insight into her life and personality. In an

infographic created by Refinery29, Patti Wood describes the difference

between the Schlepper, the Arm-Crook Hook and the Baguette, among others. If

you embrace the Schlepper style, for example, you might have several bags,

carried in a 'wherever fits' manner. 'You're fatigued, exhausted, and in a

rush,' Ms Wood says. 'The bags suggest you're a little spaced-out and having

a hard time being present.' The A-list-loved Arm-Hook Crook, by contrast,

screams empowerment. And it certainly doesn't hurt if you have a designer

number to demonstrate it. 'You're wearing the bag as if it's a badge of

honor or an award,' Ms Wood says. 'You feel as if you've got a sense of

superiority.' We will talk about 4 different types of bags in the piece and

come out to LIVE with the purses in hand. a cross-body bag, over the

WATER MAIN BREAK-OC-SS

ABC7 IS STAYING ON TOP OF BREAKING NEWS IN ESTERO WHERE THERE IS A MAJOR WATER MAIN BREAK TONIGHT.

THIS HAPPENED AT U-S 41 AND CORKSCREW ROAD JUST BEFORE 4.

HERE'S THE NEWEST INFO.

FLORIDA HIGHWAY CREWS WERE DOING CONSTRUCTION WHEN THEY HIT A LINE.

THIS AFFECTS A LARGE AREA -- INCLUDING BUSINESSES AND HOMES.

RIHANNA TALKS ABOUT BROWN-VO.WIPE

RIHANNA IS SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ABOUT WHERE

SHE STANDS WITH RAPPER CHRIS BROWN.

HE'S STILL ON PROBABTION FOR ASSAULTING

HER NEARLY FOUR YEARS AGO.

FOR THE FIRST TIME --

SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THEM GETTING BACK TOGETHER IN ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE.

SHE SAYS SHE AND BROWN ARE IN A

GREAT PLACE -- AND SHE'S NOT APOLOGIZING FOR IT.

RIHANNA TALKS ABOUT BROWN-SOTVO

Josh Eells /Contributing editor at Rolling stone

SOT: ROLLING STONE 22:29:51 theres no third chances here / she will walk

away and have no problem with it

BROWN MADE HEADLINES THIS WEEK AFTER REPORTEDELY BRAWLING WITH SINGER FRANK OCEAN.

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE GRAMMYS-VOTOPS

WE LEARNED TODAY JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE WILL PERFORM AT THE GRAMMYS.

HIS PERFORMANCE FEBRUARY 10-TH WILL BE HIS FIRST MUSICAL APPEARANCE ON TELEVISION IN YEARS.

THE 32-YEAR-OLD POP STAR RETURNED TO MUSIC EARLIER THIS MONTH WHEN HE RELEASED THE SINGLE, "SUIT & TIE," WHICH FEATURES JAY-Z.

BLACKBERRY 10-VO

BLACKBERRY IS NOW OFFERING TWO NEW CHOICES TONIGHT.

YOU CAN BUY THE Z-10 OR THE Q-10.

THE Q-10 HAS A PHYSICAL KEYBOARD.

THE Z-10 FEATURES A TOUCH-SCREEN KEYBOARD.

BOTH PHONES USE NEW BLACKBERRY 10 SOFTWARE.

IT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF UPGRADES.

THE COMPANY SAYS IT'S FASTER.

IT'S EASIER TO TYPE.

UNLOCKING CELL PHONES-VOTOPS

YOU'LL SOON FACE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN FINES AND EVEN JAIL TIME IF YOU UNLOCK YOUR CELLPHONE.

A NEW FEDERAL LAW TAKES AFFECT SATURDAY MAKING IT ILLEGAL TO UNLOCK YOUR PHONE'S SOFTWARE SO YOU CAN SWITCH CELLULAR NETWORKS.

NEXT AT 5-CLIP

TEASE FIVE--

'shooting nats and screaming'

POLICE OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED TWO DOGS.

IT HAPPENED IN FRONT OF A HIGH SCHOOL.

A CELL PHONE CAMERA WAS RECORDING IT.

TZ5 A POLICE SHOOTS DOG-NATSVO

BUMP SHOT-BUMP IN

POLICE SHOOTS DOGS-OC

OFFICERS IN PHILADELPHIA SAY THEY HAD TO SHOOT TWO DOGS.

BUT NEIGHBORS SAY --

THAT'S NOT THE TRUTH.

ONE NEIGHBOR RECORDED THE ACTION!

POLICE SHOOTS DOGS-PKG

"I don't care how bad they try to make Chester seem, this is not a war zone, you don't do things like that."

TEHRAN FREEMAN PEERED OUT FROM HIS FRONT DOOR AS HE RECORDED TWO CHESTER POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDING TO THE SCENE OF A DOG FIGHT THAT ERUPTED IN THE BED OF THIS PICK-UP TRUCK STOPPED AT THE CORNER OF BARCLAY AND 9TH STREETS FRIDAY AROUND LUNCHTIME.

AFTER HE SAYS NEIGHBORS COULD NOT BREAK THE TWO DOGS APART, ONE OFFICER FIRED 5 SHOTS FROM HIS HANDGUN.

MOMENTS LATER ANOTHER OFFICER FIRED FROM A SHOTGUN.

"I thought them as the police…should be held to a higher standard would have some type of procedure for breaking it up than pulling your pistols out in front of the high school."

FREEMAN, A DOG OWNER HIMSELF, WONDERS WHY ANIMAL CONTROL WAS NOT INVOLVED.

THE CHESTER POLICE CHIEF, WHO LEARNED OF THE INCIDENT AND VIDEO FROM US LATE TONIGHT, TOLD ME HE WILL INVESTIGATE IF PROPER PROCEDURE WAS FOLLOWED.

HE ALSO EXPLAINED THERE IS ONLY ONE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER IN THE CITY, AND THAT BASED ON INITIAL REPORTS, THREE DOGS, NOT TWO, COULD HAVE BEEN IN THE FIGHT.

"Given the fact that you're right in front of the HS, during school hours and regular business hours…the area probably should have been a little more secure."

FREEMAN, WHO IS WELL-KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY AS A MUSIC PRODUCER AND ARTIST, TELLS ME HE WAS URGED BY NEIGHBORS TO SPEAK UP, CONCERNED SOMEONE WITNESSING THE SHOOTING COULD HAVE BEEN HURT.

POLICE SHOOTS DOGS-OC

ROSEMARY CONNORS REPORTING.

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

COMING UP AT 6PM-ONCAM

" I wouldn't wish that upon my enemy I mean that's sad

A SMALL CHILD IS DEAD--

HER MOM IS BEING QUESTIONED--

AND A NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS FOR ANSWERS.

ABC 7 IS ON BREAKING NEWS IN FORT MYERS--

WE'RE INVESTIGATION HOW A CHILD DIED IN THIS APARTMENT.

4019 "They were small, white lights that hovered over the water at slow speed and then disappeared."

THE ANSWER IS OUT THERE--

NEW AT SIX--

ABC 7 GOES IN SEARCH OF UFO'S IN CAPE CORAL.

AND--

It was scary. I thought a torpedo because that's what it sounded like

NOT EVEN CLOSE!

SO WHAT LIT UP THE SKY AND RATTLED NERVES IN NAPLES DURING THE EXCLUSIVE WINTER WINE FESTIVAL.

TZ 6 1) FM DEATH INVESTIGATION-SOTVO

TZ 6 2) CAPE UFO SEARCH-SOTVO

TZ 6 3) WINE FEST FIREWORKS-SOTVO

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