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A 12-year-old girl was shot walking down the sidewalk in the 6700 block of Buffalo Avenue Thursday afternoon. The girl and her family member were walking down the street at 5 p.m. Thursday when a car drove by. The person in the car “opened fire” out the window, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. The 12-year-old was struck once in the lower body. Police say the injuries were not life threatening. Police believe there was more than one person in the car.

Photo by: fox35orlando According to officials, a house fire broke out on Ventura Place in the Ventura subdivision in Orlando’s Conway neighborhood. The fire occurred at a two-story home. Fortunately, no injuries were reported, as the homeowner was not present at the time of the incident. Firefighters received the call around 9:30 p.m. and promptly responded, managing to extinguish the flames. Although the roof of the home collapsed, neighboring properties remained unharmed. While the cause of the fire remains under

A 79-year-old Quincy man is dead after driving his pickup truck the wrong way on U.S. 90 in Midway and colliding into both a box truck and a garbage truck. The accident, according to the Florida Highway Patrol, happened Thursday at 5:30 a.m. on the eastbound inside lane of U.S. 90 near Commerce Boulevard. It snarled traffic for hours as FHP investigated and cleared the scene with an assist from the Midway Police Department, the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office, Midway

Photo by: NBC-2 A boat crashed into a barrier along the Sanibel Causeway Thursday afternoon, prompting an investigation by marine units with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said it received a call that the 24-foot vessel had crashed around 3:30 p.m. The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed one person was on the boat and was with local EMS on land. The boater was injured and sent to the hospital. FWC said the sole

The house fire happened in the 2000 block of Powell Road Wednesday. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Two dogs were revived and other animals are dead after a St. Augustine home caught fire Wednesday, according to St. Johns County Fire Rescue. According to a SJCFR Facebook post, crews responded to the house fire located in the 2000 block of Powell Road. When crews arrived, SJCFR says flames were noticeable from the front of the home, as “an aggressive interior fire attack and primary search

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A North Miami man is facing two felony charges after police said he exposed himself to a 12-year-old boy on the campus of a private school and then paid him to perform a sex act on him. Authorities arrested Jermaine Garrett-Hudson, 33, on charges of human trafficking and lewd and lascivious battery Tuesday. According to an arrest report, the incident happened in December at Sheyes Learning Center & Elementary School, located at 3038 NW 48th Terrace in

Volusia County deputies said they’ve made three arrests after shots were fired at a park in Deltona. The shooting happened at Wes Crile Park on Tuesday around 5:30 p.m. No one was injured. According to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, witnesses told deputies they heard gunshots and saw three people who were involved. Deputies said one suspect, 24-year-old Ethan Fontaine, went to the park to meet two teens, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, for a “drug transaction.” The teens took out

A mother is searching for answers after she spotted an injury on her baby’s hand when she picked him up from a day care in Northeast Miami-Dade. Speaking with 7News on Thursday, the concerned parent said she wants the people running Little Dolphins Daycare 2 to answer a simple question: “What happened to my son?” The mother, who asked not to be identified or show her face on camera, became upset when she saw the wound on her 8-month-old son’s

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A worker at a construction site died after falling it a 20-foot shaft on Wednesday. According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a construction site in the area of Central Florida Parkway and Palm Parkway at noon in response to a man-down call. Orange County Fire Rescue said they were able to access the person who fell, but deputies said he died later at the hospital. OCSO said they think the worker was

A South Florida pet owner is devastated after her small dog was killed after being attacked by a pitbull. The attack occurred on the evening of March 13th off Taft Street and North 52nd Avenue in Hollywood. “I was on the ground too because the dog is so big, he had to weigh at least 80 pounds,” said Jessica Reeder. “He pulled me down too. I scraped up my knees, I scraped up my hands.” She said the attack occurred

Authorities said a mother in Florida has been charged after day care staff found a handgun inside her 2-year-old son’s lunchbox. Shanae Davis, 39, faces several charges including allowing a minor to obtain a firearm and child neglect after a teacher at Jackson’s Daycare Center in Riviera Beach opened the lunch box with a 9mm Glock 43 handgun inside it. According to police documents, the discovery caused concern by the teachers. Parents who later learned about the incident were also stunned, WPEC

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) – A shooting occurred just before 6:45 p.m. Tuesday in Miami Gardens, leaving an adult male victim dead, according to Miami Gardens Police officials. Authorities were called to the scene at the intersection of Northwest 19th Avenue and 167th Street after receiving reports of gunfire. Upon arrival, officers discovered a white BMW with the driver inside suffering from a gunshot wound, said officials. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue pronounced the man dead at the scene. Preliminary investigations revealed