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A man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting early Tuesday morning in Florida City, police said. Florida City police said officers responded around 12:30 a.m. to reports of a shooting near the 1400 block of Northwest Second Avenue. When officers arrived, they found two men suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue pronounced one of the men dead at the scene. The second man was taken to a local hospital, where he was reported to be

Photo by: wsvn A tractor-trailer overturned on an exit ramp connecting the westbound lanes of the Dolphin Expressway to the northbound lanes of the Florida Turnpike in Sweetwater, sending one person to the hospital, officials said. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Florida Highway Patrol units were dispatched to the scene of the crash, just after noon Monday. According to FHP, the driver of the truck failed to negotiate the curve and drove off the roadway and onto a grassy embankment, where

Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District crews were on-scene extinguishing a vehicle fire early Tuesday morning. According to a Gulf Coast News reporter on the scene, fire crews were called to a vehicle fire on Homestead Road South shortly after 3 a.m. Lehigh Acres Fire crews and Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputies were on the scene until the fire was extinguished. Deputies left the scene after 4 a.m., according to a Gulf Coast News reporter. The scene is now

The Brief  A Davenport man who had a medical emergency while driving has died after crashing his car, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. What we know: Troopers say the 64-year-old was driving a Nissan Altima northbound on U.S. 27 around 8:30 a.m. when he suffered a medical emergency and drove off the highway just south of Bates Road. According to FHP, the vehicle collided with several scrubs and became partially submerged in a marsh adjacent to the highway.  

The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office says it has made an arrest in three hit-and-run incidents that occurred Halloween night in Charlotte County. EM of Punta Gorda was arrested Dec. 22 after being released from a hospital, charged with failing to remain at a crash involving property damage and three counts of failing to remain at a crash involving serious bodily injury. According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, on Oct. 31 at about 8 p.m., troopers were called to the

A Parrish woman has been arrested after allegedly beating a woman delivering food to her home, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said. CV, 41, is charged with burglary with assault or battery after the Nov. 28 incident, court records show. According to a probable cause affidavit, the victim, a 51-year-old Bradenton woman, was working as a Door Dash driver making a delivery to V’s home on 102nd Avenue East. As the victim parked on the road in front of Va’s

On Christmas day, a 95-year-old man ran a red light and drove against traffic before crashing into a police car, according to a police report. 95-year-old Ronald Erickson was traveling northbound when he failed to stop at a red light at the intersection of U.S. 41 and South Sumter Crossing Boulevard, according to the North Port Police Department (NPPD). Officers attempted to stop the vehicle using lights and sirens, but Erickson continued driving and crossed into the southbound lane. Oncoming

Officers arrested a man in Gainesville, accused of stabbing his roommate in the neck during a drunken brawl. Gainesville Police Department officers arrested CG II, 35, on Sunday. According to the arrest report, G and his roommate were drinking when he got angry and attacked the victim, who fought back. The victim says he attempted to leave the house to go to a neighbor’s home when G came up from behind and stabbed him in the neck. He then started

Three teens died after a crash on a major roadway Monday in Pompano Beach, officials said. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies responded at around 7 p.m. to a crash involving two cars in the 1600 block of North Federal Highway. There, deputies found one of the cars had crashed into a concrete pole and into a bus stop, officials said. The victims – aged 15, 16, and 18 – were transported to the hospital, where they later died, BSO said. The

A serious boating crash near the Woolbright Bridge in Boynton Beach has led to felony and misdemeanor charges after investigators say the operator fled the scene, leaving behind an injured passenger and damaged property. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, officers responded to the incident around 7:17 p.m. on December 28, after reports of a vessel striking the Woolbright Bridge and nearby private dock pilings. By the time officers arrived, the boat had sunk south of the

 A North Miami man was arrested on Christmas Day after allegedly attacking his roommate with a machete and glass bottle, authorities said. North Miami police identified the man Monday as 27-year-old MD. The attack occurred around 8:20 a.m. at a home along Northwest Seventh Avenue. Police said the victim and D lived together as roommates. They said the dispute began after D was reportedly spitting on the floor, prompting his roommate to tell him to stop. The argument escalated when

Authorities have arrested a second suspect in a southwest Miami-Dade home fire, accusing him of helping hurl a makeshift Molotov cocktail that severely burned a teenage girl and endangered several children earlier this year. RAMM, 32, of Florida City, was taken into custody this past Friday in connection with the crime, according to jail records obtained by Local 10 News on Monday. His arrest comes a few weeks after deputies said Yang Chiong, 36, was arrested on Dec. 12 following a