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 A shooting in downtown Fort Lauderdale over the weekend left five people injured and officials searching for the shooter. Fort Lauderdale Police units responded to a call about a shooting at the 300 block of Southwest Second Street, where there are a number of bars and nightclubs, at around 2 a.m. on Sunday. Responding officers arrived to find the victims suffering from gunshot wounds. Video posted to social media shows that the shooting could have been at a bar. Footage shows

Photo by: wsvn An abandoned building collapsed due to a fire which broke out in Coral Springs Saturday. The fire began at 11801 Heron Bay Blvd, and fire rescue crews responded to the blaze. Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department officials stated that when crews arrived, the building was fully engulfed in flames, but that the fire was put out after work was done to reduce the spread. CSPFD officials are still investigating the cause of the fire. Ovadia Law Group’s Commitment

Photo by: wsvn A fire caused damage to an Oakland Park apartment Saturday, and fire crews responded to the incident. The fire broke out at 2861 North Oakland Forest Drive, where flames caused damage to the entrance and windows of the apartment building. No injuries were reported. What to Do After a Fire Accident If you’ve been involved in a fire accident, your first priority should be safety and medical care. Once you’re safe, contact an experienced fire accident lawyer

Photo by: wsvn A Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputy was struck by a vehicle while assisting the Florida Highway Patrol in Northwest Miami-Dade Saturday. The deputy was attempting to assist Florida Highway Patrol officials with a crash when he was hit by a sedan on the northbound lanes of the Turnpike. FHP officials stated that the incident happened near the Florida Turnpike at Northwest 58th Street. “This morning, one of our deputies was struck by a vehicle while assisting Florida Highway Patrol

Photo by: wsvn A shooting in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood left one woman dead and triggered an investigation, police said. According to City of Miami Police, officers responded to the scene of the incident along the 1800 block of Southwest Third Court, just after 11:50 p.m. on Saturday. Responsing officers arrived to find the victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Paramedics with Miami Fire Rescue transported the patient was to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, where she succumbed

A serious crash on Interstate 10 in Santa Rosa County left a 27-year-old Holt man critically injured after he was ejected from his SUV. Troopers say the man was driving a grey Jeep Wrangler SUV traveling eastbound near the 20-mile marker when the vehicle drifted onto the southern shoulder. The man overcorrected, causing the SUV to overturn multiple times. Troopers say the man was ejected from the SUV. Life Flight responded to the scene, landing on the eastbound lanes and

Photo by: wfla One person is dead, and several are injured after a crash in St. Petersburg Saturday night. The crash happened on North Frontage Road and MLK Street North around 9:30 p.m. According to the St. Petersburg Police Department, a silver Mitsubishi Outlander was traveling northbound on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Street North and crossing North Frontage Road with a green light when a blue Dodge Challenger failed to stop at the red light. The Challenger, driven by

A man was arrested in connection with a crash that left a 16-year-old dead in Apollo Beach on Friday. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office, at 5:14 p.m. a mother and her 16-year-old daughter were driving north on 30th Street northeast. Deputies said their sedan was crossing the intersection of Convington Drive when a pickup truck driven by twenty-one-year-old DF, that was traveling west, ran a stop sign at 30th Street. The pickup truck struck the passenger side of

A 9-year-old girl died after a crash on US-301 Saturday night, the Florida Highway Patrol announced. A Chevrolet Trax, driven by a 32-year-old Riverview woman, was traveling southbound on US-301 when it turned left into the path of a Ford Fusion. According to FHP, the crash happened on Saturday around 11 p.m. The Ford Fusion, driven by a 27-year-old Tampa man, was driving northbound on US-301 at the time of the crash. The 32-year-old suffered minor injuries and was transported

A woman was shot early Saturday morning during a fight on Begonia Road in the Magnolia Gardens area, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. JSO said officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert around 3:45 a.m. in the area south of Edgewood Avenue. According to JSO, shortly after officers got there, a woman in her early 20s arrived at a local hospital with a gunshot wound to her right hand. Her injuries are not life-threatening. Investigators said they learned a group

Photo by: (WJXT) A 38-year-old Jacksonville man died Saturday afternoon in a violent crash on I-295 northbound at Herlong Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the man was headed north around 12:30 p.m. in a pick-up truck in the inside lane, north of Wilson Boulevard, when he changed lanes to the outside lane, lost control and hit a metal guardrail. According to the crash report, the truck drove through the guardrail, slamming into a concrete pillar of

A man was fatally stabbed Friday afternoon in Northwest Jacksonville, the Sheriff’s Office said. The circumstances surrounding the stabbing are unclear, but JSO said a man, possibly in his late 60s, was found by patrol officers around 3:30 p.m. stabbed on West 30th Street in the Grand Park area. Paramedics rushed him to the hospital, but he died after surgery from his injuries, JSO said. Investigators said they were interviewing several people, but the circumstances and relationships of those involved