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A 41-year-old man from New Jersey was behind bars on Tuesday night after police officers accused him of stabbing a friend during a fight in Miami, records show. Miami police officers arrested JG on Monday morning, and Miami-Dade corrections booked him on Monday night at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, records show. G “has been known to the victim for several months,” a detective wrote, according to a Miami police arrest report. “They partake in several recreational activities together.”

Photo by: (WPLG) Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews battled a fire at a warehouse in Medley late Friday morning. The fire broke out at around 10:15 a.m. in the 9000 block of Northwest 87th Avenue. An MDFR spokesperson said crews “found fire on the exterior of the structure with extension to the interior” and evacuated nearby structures “out of an abundance of caution.” Officials did not report any injuries from the blaze. The Impact of Fire Injuries Fire injuries can be life-altering,

 Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies investigated a shooting in the unincorporated Coral Terrace area on Friday morning. It happened in the 6700 block of Southwest 13th Terrace, just outside of the West Miami city limits. Detective Samantha Choon, an MDSO spokesperson, said deputies arrived at around 10:30 a.m. to find a woman “apparent gunshot wound to the upper extremities.” Medics took her to a nearby hospital in “in critical, but stable condition” and detained a man, Choon said. Deputies said the

What was supposed to be a nice Christmas Day brunch turned into gunfire when Miami police say a mother shot her son outside a popular Overtown restaurant. It happened around 3 p.m. at Red Rooster, located at 920 NW Second Ave. Investigators identified the suspect as RLS, 50, of Fort Lauderdale. Officers responded to the shooting call and found a man lying on the ground, bleeding from a gunshot wound to his left thigh. Miami Fire Rescue provided aid before

 Miami police arrested a 73-year-old man they said stabbed another man on a county bus on Christmas. According to police, the victim told officers that he had gotten into an argument with the suspect after wishing him a happy holiday. According to a Miami Police Department arrest report, the incident happened just after 12:15 p.m. downtown in the area of Southwest Second Avenue and Second Street. Police said officers arrived to find the victim “bleeding from his left arm and

Two people were killed, including a teenage boy, and a man was injured after three men opened fire during a house party in Miami Gardens, police said. Miami Gardens Police and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the triple shooting in the area of Northwest 175th Street and 19th Avenue, just south of Hard Rock Stadium and right next to Parkview Elementary School, just before 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday. According to investigators, the party was taking place

A man who was charged with fatally stabbing a woman during a domestic incident in Oakland Park faced a judge. Thirty-seven-year-old MR appeared before a judge on Friday after being charged with second-degree murder. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to reports of a domestic incident near Northeast 41st Street and First avenue at around 1 a.m., Tuesday. Deputies found a woman with multiple stab wounds inside of a home. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities found R

Photo by: wsvn  A woman was found dead after a fire broke out at an apartment complex in Davie, officials said. Davie Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the blaze off the 6800 block of College Court Manor, just after 9 a.m. on Friday. According to Davie Police Department officials, the woman was identified as Gloria Dickenson, who was 73-years-old. Her next of kin was on scene and notified. Police also stated that the fire off College Court

Photo by: wsvn Gunfire tore through a Northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood overnight, leaving a man dead and a woman in critical condition, authorities said. Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a ShotSpotter alert near Northwest 21st Avenue and 63rd Street, at around 2 a.m. on Wednesday. Responding deputies arrived to find the victims suffering from gunshot wounds. Witnesses reported more than 30 shots fired. Paramedics with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue rushed the victims to an area hospital, where the man succumbed to

 A heated argument between neighbors ended with one of them dead in Lauderhill, police said. According to Lauderhill Police, the gunfire occurred in the area of Northwest 22nd Street and 56th Avenue, at around 10 p.m. on Thursday. Security footage shared with 7News shows a group of people arguing in the parking lot of the Sunny Lake apartment complex. Neighbors said that the people were from two different apartments and had been fighting for most of the day over loud

 A 48-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a vehicle crash in Baldwin County overnight on Wednesday. Alabama troopers say Gary Jordan, from Axis, was pronounced dead on scene after being thrown from his Yamaha YZF-R7 motorcycle on I-65 near the 43 mile marker. According to troopers, the crash happened at approximately 1:20 a.m. Jordan was hit by a 21-year-old Atmore man who was driving a Hyundai Sonata. The 21-year-old was taken to North Baldwin Hospital in Bay Minette for his injuries.

A five-vehicle crash on a notoriously dangerous bridge is once again raising concerns about driver safety. It happened Thursday night. Three people were seriously hurt in the accident on the Lillian Bridge in Escambia County. Several more people are being treated for minor injuries. Now, residents who live in the area are calling for a change. Shelly Burch is the manager of the Crazy Horse Cafe. For 25 years, the restaurant has sat right down the road from the Lillian