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A person was hospitalized Monday evening after a shooting in St. Petersburg, authorities said. Police were called at about 7 p.m. to the 4400 block of Emerson Avenue South after someone reported hearing gunshots in the area. The person who was taken to the hospital is expected to be OK, police said. Authorities said two people in the area were detained. No other details were immediately available. Legal Representation for Shooting Victims If you or a loved one has been

Largo Fire Rescue is investigating a two-alarm structure fire that happened early Tuesday morning. According to Largo Fire Rescue, around 4:15 a.m. crews arrived to 12673 59 Way North in regards to heavy smoke and flames coming from a commercial building. Largo Fire Rescue along with Sunstar, Pinellas Park, St. Peterburg, Lealman, and Seminole firefighters and the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office were on scene. No one was inside of the building at the time of the fire. One firefighter was

A family in Riviera Beach is turning to WPTV for answers after their pregnant 18-year-old daughter was hit and killed by a car Thursday night. “She was two minutes away from the house and I keep looking at that doorway but she never came through the door,” Andrea Dennis, the mother of the victim, said. Sakura Jones, also known as Kira, was four months pregnant when she died last week. “I was planning a baby shower, now I’m planning a

A woman was found with what appeared to be multiple gunshot wounds on Interstate 195 in Miami Beach Tuesday morning, prompting a police response and lane closures on the highway. Police said they received a call about a woman who needed assistance on the westbound shoulder of I-195 around 4 a.m. She appeared to have been shot multiple times and taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition, according to authorities. It was not clear if the

A 14-year-old football player was stabbed in the abdomen by another student after a practice game at Jensen Beach High School. According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, the incident occurred on Monday at 6:30 p.m. on the football field after a fight at Jensen Beach High School.Deputies say they were called to help with the stabbing incident by the Stuart Police Department. When deputies arrived at the scene they learned the 14-year-old junior varsity football player was slashed in

An investigation is ongoing after a home in Pembroke Park was shot up, allegedly at the hands of a neighbor. Residents at Pembroke Villas are pointing the finger at their neighbor, Stephon McGill, who is a former Miami police officer who they said has become a menace in their community. McGill, 60, has been arrested before. While an officer in Miami, he was accused of stalking the mother of his two children in 2015. Neighbors told Local 10 News’ Roy Ramos

Photo by: UC Breaking The Florida Highway Patrol and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a deadly crash into a canal in Lehigh Acres. The crash occurred on Sunshine Boulevard and 55th Street, north of the fire station, and was reported to law enforcement late Monday. According to FHP, the driver, a 47-year-old man from Lehigh Acres, was traveling south on Sunshine Boulevard North, south of 55th Street West. The vehicle then veered to the left, traveling off the roadway and into a

Photo by: msn A crash on I-95 North in Port St. Lucie is slowing down traffic on Tuesday morning.  Florida 511 reported a crash at 6:48 a.m. near Mile Marker 123 on I-95 North.  Officials stated in their latest update at 6:49 a.m. that the left lane is blocked.  No injuries have been reported at this time.  Maximize Your Compensation After a Car Accident After a car accident, it’s important to have a legal team that knows how to maximize

A 24-year-old woman accused in a hit-and-run involving a motorcycle in Brevard County has been arrested at a local dance studio.  Police say Rebekah Tate struck the motorcycle with such force that it became lodged under her car. The incident occurred early Sunday morning, and it took West Melbourne police several days to locate Tate. She was not arrested at the scene because she fled, but officers took her into custody on Wednesday at a ballroom dance studio in Indialantic.

After months of investigating, two suspects finally stood before an Orange County judge on Saturday. Amarion Hammons and Jabez Actie, both 22, were charged with murder, attempted murder, and more, following an Orange County shooting in June that injured a woman and left one man dead. The judge said both of them would stay behind bars. In July, after the shooting happened, deputies released video of the incident. You can see the gun’s muzzle flash after a person in the

 A man was killed in what Daytona Beach police officers are calling a deadly road rage shooting outside a McDonald’s on LPGA Blvd.  The alleged incident happened on Sunday around 8 p.m.  Officers arrived to find a woman performing CPR on a man with an apparent gunshot wound in the parking lot. A man standing nearby approached officers and identified himself as the shooter. Detectives said a preliminary investigation suggests the shooting stemmed from a road rage incident that began

Photo: Marion County Fire Rescue An entrapped driver was freed by firefighters on Sunday evening following a two-vehicle collision in Marion County. According to Marion County Fire Rescue, the crash occurred at around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 8, in the 13000 block of NE Highway 315 in Fort McCoy. After receiving multiple 911 calls regarding an accident with “debris all over the roadway,” several MCFR units responded to the scene of the crash. Shortly before 5:40 p.m., firefighters arrived