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A 16-year-old and a man were found by Miami-Dade police suffering from gunshot wounds on Saturday night in Naranja. According to authorities, officers responded to the area of 138th Avenue and 262nd Street in southwest Miami-Dade after receiving reports of a shooting around 8:20 p.m. At the scene, officers found the teenager and the man suffering from gunshot wounds, authorities reported. Both were transported to local hospitals in stable condition, according to Miami-Dade police. The relationship between the teenager and

A nationwide manhunt is underway after a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office corrections officer was shot and killed early Saturday morning at a truck stop on Jacksonville’s Northside. According to JSO, around 1:20 a.m., a black Mustang with a man and a woman arrived at a Love’s travel station on Duval Road. Police said the two were involved in a violent dispute. During the argument, the suspect exited the car from the passenger seat and walked over to the driver’s side. The

Photo provided by family A semi-truck driver and his father are thankful to be alive after a truck they were driving on Florida’s Turnpike rolled over multiple times during a tornado. Boris Melnov told WPTV that he and his father were transporting a load of water from Texas to Florida. He said they were taking turns driving the truck and heading northbound on the Turnpike after dropping the water off in Boynton Beach. Melnov said his father was driving, while

A North Miami woman was holding her baby while inside a car parked outside of a discount store when she became an innocent bystander, she said. She ended up shot in the head over the weekend amid a dispute between two other women. Police arrested the alleged shooter, 35-year-old Anna Ixchell Williams. The victim is now speaking to Local 10 News about her ordeal, which happened in the parking lot of the Family Dollar at 280 NE 135th St. Sunday morning. “It

 Family and friends are mourning the loss of a 10-year-old Polk County girl who was killed Thursday afternoon.  Deputies say the child lost her life when the Recreational Off-Road Vehicle (ROV) she was riding on flipped over and pinned her underneath.  According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, the victim was one of six juveniles riding on the ROV on a grass pasture behind a home on 80 Foot Road in Alturas around 4:45 p.m. Investigators say when the 15-year-old ROV driver

Photo by: City of Clearwater  A fire broke out at a Clearwater scrap metal recycling business on Friday afternoon. Clearwater Fire & Rescue and nearby agencies are currently on scene at Trademark Metals Recycling on Gentry Drive. It broke out around 12:12 p.m. Public safety officials said this fire was caused by appliance debris from the recent hurricanes. They added that the fire will burn for a “long time.” Officials reminded residents that hazardous materials must be properly disposed of.

One man was taken into custody after several officers surrounded a home in Davie on Friday in response to an armed barricaded person. Aerial images showed the scene near Stirling Road and Northwest 42nd Court. Police said they responded to the home after a report of aggravated battery. When they got there, a woman was taken to the hospital, but police said the man inside the home refused to come out. Negotiators arrived at the scene, and that’s when he

Tampa police are warning drivers to be extra careful after a woman died in a crash Thursday night at an intersection that was without traffic lights due to Hurricane Milton. Officials with the Tampa Police Department said officers responded to the intersection of Florida Ave. and Palm Ave. around 10:15 p.m. after getting reports of the crash. When the officers arrived they said they found a 2005 Nissan Sentra had collided with a 2022 Hyundai Tucson, hitting the passenger side

 Three illegal immigrants are accused of a horrific crime in Palm Beach County— capital sexual battery on a minor under the age of 12. On Thursday, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) said the following three men were arrested on multiple counts of lewd lascivious behavior on a minor: PBSO said the suspects were from Honduras who entered the country through the Mexico border. While they share a last name, PBSO did not indicate whether they’re related. Following an

Crime scene tape blocked the corner parking lot for USave Fish & Chicken & Smoke Shop after two men were injured during a drive-by shooting on Friday in Miami’s Model City neighborhood. According to Officer Michael Vega, a spokesman for the Miami Police Department, officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert at about 9 a.m., at the corner of Northwest Seventh Avenue and 69th Street. Police officers found one man had been shot in the abdomen and the other in the

Photo by: cbs12 Motorists be advised of a crash on southbound I-95 in Palm Beach County on Friday morning. Florida 511 reported that a crash on I-95 southbound blocked multiple lanes. Traffic cameras show the lanes completely blocked off at I-95 southbound close to the Palm Beach International Airport ramp at exit 69B, just before the Belvedere Road exit. There are multiple emergency first responders at the scene. Video from a CBS12 News viewer shows the tractor-trailer had jackknifed itself,

The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that left three people injured Thursday night. According to BSO spokeswoman Miranda Grossman, the shooting was reported at about 10:30 p.m. Thursday in the area of Southeast 10th Avenue and Southeast Fourth Avenue. She said deputies and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue personnel responded to the scene and found two males who were suffering from gunshot wounds. Paramedics transported both to a nearby hospital to be treated for injuries that are not expected