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Picture by: Wfla RIVERVIEW, Fla. (WFLA) — A 60-year-old man was found dead with a gunshot wound at a Waffle House in Riverview, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said. Just after 3 a.m. on Saturday, deputies responded to the Waffle House, located at 10041 US Highway 301 South after receiving multiple calls about a shooting. A man was found with a gunshot wound to his upper body and was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect and victim, who were

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man was hit and killed Friday night while trying to cross New Berlin Road. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, a man in his mid-30s darted out to cross New Berlin Road around 8 p.m. when an SUV that was driving east hit him. The man died on the scene. The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with JSO. JSO said there were no signs that the driver was impaired. This makes the 127th traffic

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A student was arrested Thursday after a “major” fight broke out toward the end of a high school football game. Duval County Public Schools said it is investigating the fight that happened at the Andrew Jackson and First Coast High School football game. The school district told News4JAX that student-athletes were involved. A student who did not attend Andrew Jackson or First Coast was arrested. DCPS did not say what the student was arrested for or what

Picture by: Fox13news TAMPA, Fla. – A driver was arrested for DUI manslaughter more than a week after a crash that killed a pedestrian on South Howard in Tampa, officials said. The Tampa Police Department said 27-year-old Pjeter Nesti Paci is now behind bars in Pinellas County. Investigators said the crash happened just after 2:45 a.m. on October 22 in the 400 block of South Howard Avenue. Authorities said Paci was driving out of a shopping plaza at Howard Avenue

LITHIA, Fla. – More than one week after deputies say an argument between a lawn care worker and a postal worker ended in death, a man has been arrested. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office says it arrested Mark Calloway, 60, for the stabbing death of 29-year-old Jacob Whitaker. Deputies say they were called to the 5600 block of Tanagerlake Road around 1 p.m. on Oct. 22 for reports of a stabbing. When they arrived, deputies found Whitaker unresponsive in the

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The driver allegedly responsible for hitting and killing a pedestrian last week in SoHo has been charged with DUI manslaughter, Tampa police said. On Oct. 22 at around 2:46 a.m., police responded to the 400 block of South Howard Avenue in Tampa to find a pedestrian who had been struck by a vehicle. The driver, identified Friday as 27-year-old Pjeter Nesti Paci, was leaving a shopping plaza at Howard Avenue and Horatio Street when he hit

Picture by: Wfla ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A deadly shooting at a St. Petersburg construction site on Friday afternoon was self-defense, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department. The St. Petersburg Police Department said at 1:30 p.m., officers were called to a house under construction at 1400 Farragut Drive N. Police said there was a disagreement between a general contractor and a sub-contractor tile worker. The tile worker began to smash completed tile work when the general contractor, identified

Picture by: WCJB LAKE CITY, Fla. (WCJB) – A semi-truck crash on Interstate 75 in Columbia County caused delays on Friday afternoon. Online records show Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to a crash with injuries just after 1 p.m. on the interstate at mile marker 428, north of the U.S. Highway 90 exit. Fire rescue crews say the truck driver veered off the roadway and wrecked. Then the truck, hauling Christmas decorations, caught on fire. The driver was taken to

MIAMI – A man died after falling off a motorcycle on Friday in northwestern Miami-Dade County. According to Florida Highway Patrol troopers, the motorcyclist landed on the Palmetto Expressway’s southbound lanes in Hialeah Gardens. Fire Rescue personnel responded to the Palmetto, or State Road 826, near Northwest 103 Street, and took the man to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center. FHP temporarily closed four lanes while investigating what caused the motorcyclist to lose control and fall at about 11:30 a.m.

JUPITER, Fla. (CBS12) — A chemical spill in Jupiter led to one person in the hospital on Friday morning. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue (PBCFR) said at around 8:30 a.m., a landscaping truck carrying multiple containers of chemicals crashed into a tree on Military Trail, off Indiantown Road, resulting in a chemical spill and one person being hospitalized. At the scene, emergency responders said they found the wreck and one person was outside of the truck, on the ground. PBCFR

A Texas man was arrested on Halloween after putting a knife to a woman’s neck and threatening her life as she sat on a bench in Destin, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. 58-year old Paul Besinger of San Antonio is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The incident happened as the woman was sitting on a benchat 300 Mountain Drive in Destin. “The victim says Besinger approached her from behind, grabbed her by the hair, and

A 20-year-old Winter Springs man died early Friday after crashing an SUV through a Seminole County subdivision’s gate, then into a house, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The fatal wreck occurred around 2:30 a.m. in the area of Clayton Crossing Way and Hidden Cypress Lane, troopers said. According to an FHP crash report, the man was driving north on Clayton Crossing Way, approaching the gated entrance of the Clayton Crossing subdivision, when he failed to slow the vehicle and