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Photo by: wsvn  Rescue crews rushed a bicyclist to the hospital after, police said, they were struck by a driver who kept on going, leading detectives to make an arrest. Coral Gables Police and Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the scene of the hit-and-run in the area of Southwest 57th Avenue and 24th Street, Sunday morning. The victim was rushed to an area hospital in critical condition. Police confirmed they have arrested one person but did not provide further

Police are looking for a gunman after a man was shot and robbed inside a Miramar home. Miramar Police units responded to a report of a male victim with a gunshot wound in the area of Miramar Parkway and Southwest 147th Terrace, near a Residence Inn by Marriott, at around 1:50 a.m. on Sunday. “Caller advising that he was robbed and shot,” a dispatcher said over the Broadcastify police scanner. Investigators said the victim was confronted by an unknown man

Authorities are searching for the driver responsible for an overnight hit-and-run in Lauderdale Lakes that left a man dead. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the scene of the crash in the area of Northwest 35th Avenue and West Oakland Park Boulevard, at around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday. Investigators said responding deputies located the victim suffering from injuries consistent with being hit by a vehicle. Paramedics with Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue pronounced the man dead at the scene.  Deputies shut

Photo by: wjhg A man is in the hospital after crashing into a smoke shop on West Pensacola Street Sunday morning, according to the Tallahassee Police Department. Officials say the man suffered a medical emergency while driving, just after 10 a.m Surveillance video shows the driver going onto the sidewalk and through the intersection of West Pensacola and White Drive, without stopping. The driver narrowly misses another car, who is seen abruptly hitting the brakes. Why You Need a Car

 Jacksonville police responded early Sunday morning to a shooting at the Sunoco gas station located at 1393 Kings Road. Officers arrived around 6:10 a.m. to find two victims with gunshot wounds. A third victim later flagged down officers nearby. The victims include two women and one man, all in their 30s. One woman suffered gunshot wounds to her hand and leg, the other woman to her leg, and the man to his foot. All were transported to a local hospital

Photo by WJXT News4JAX Multiple lanes of I-295 W North near 103rd Street were shut down during a rainy Sunday afternoon following a “major” crash. At least one vehicle was involved in the crash, and at least five rescue units were on the scene around 3 p.m. Two left lanes were blocked after the crash, and briefly reopened at 3:10 p.m. As of 3:30, two lanes were shut down again as the vehicle involved was towed away. It wasn’t immediately

Photo by: WESH 2 News An Ocoee Police Department officer shot the driver of a vehicle while responding to a stolen vehicle call near a Publix in the city Sunday morning. According to the Ocoee Police Department, officers were in the area of 301 West Road looking for a stolen vehicle when they made contact with the vehicle in the shopping plaza parking lot. The driver of the vehicle then drove at the officers in an attempt to escape and

Police are looking to identify a person they believe are connected to a shooting that left one person was injured Sunday evening outside a Fort Myers gas station. According to the Fort Myers Police Department, the shooting happened at a Shell gas station at Palm Beach Boulevard and Pine Street at 6:50 p.m. One person was hospitalized after being shot. Their condition is unknown at this time. When police arrived, they taped off the back of the gas station and

Photo by: Citrus County Fire Rescue  A lightning strike sparked a house fire in Citrus County on Friday, Citrus County Fire Rescue (CCFR) said. CCFR said it was dispatched to W. Jehle Court in Crystal River at 4:09 p.m. Fire crews saw heavy smoke coming from a two-story home. The homeowner reported hearing a lightning strike before discovering smoke and fire near the kitchen and laundry room. Homeowners were able to safely get away from the home with help from

 A person was hospitalized Saturday after a “motor vehicle and pedestrian incident” involving an Orange County Fire Rescue medical transport unit, according to a spokesperson for the fire department. It happened around 11:05 a.m. at the intersection of John Young Parkway and Oak Street, the spokesperson said in a statement. At the time, the medical transport unit was en route to Orlando Regional Medical Center in connection with a separate incident, the statement reads. The Kissimmee Fire Department took the

Photo by WKMG ClickOrlando A three-alarm fire damaged several units at an Orlando apartment complex on Saturday evening. Officials with the Orlando Fire Department said crews responded to the the fire at the Millenium Cove apartments in the 4600 block of Cason Cove Drive around 7 p.m. “I was terrified. I’m scared of these types of things,” witness Rooney Johnson told News 6. Several residents of apartment complex off Cason Cove Drive expressed their thankfulness for surviving the intense fire.

 A driver was killed early Saturday morning in a single-vehicle crash in Oakland Park, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said they responded to the area of Northeast 38th Street and Dixie Highway shortly before 3 a.m., where they found a crashed vehicle and one person unresponsive. They confirmed the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. BSO’s Traffic Homicide Unit is working to determine what led to the incident. Authorities