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A man apparently shot and killed his two teen children and his wife before turning the gun on himself at the family’s apartment in NW Miami-Dade, police said. Miami-Dade Police said they had received a call requesting a welfare check on the family that lived in a unit at the Royalton on the Green Apartments at 17400 Northwest 68th Avenue. Officers responded Sunday night and noticed a foul odor coming from the apartment, officials said. When they went inside the

Police have identified a man who died in a shooting over the weekend at a short-term rental home in Fort Lauderdale as local leaders respond to a bill passed in Tallahassee about regulating the properties. Traveon Warren, 20, died Saturday when gunshots rang out along Northeast 57th Street in Coral Ridge Isles. Fort Lauderdale Police have detained three people but haven’t made any arrests. Detectives said Monday that they’re investigating all possibilities, including self-defense. This comes as Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis

Police in St. Petersburg, Florida, say an 89-year-old Nova Scotia man is dead following a Sunday night collision In a release Monday, police said the vehicle carrying the man, a Hyundai Tuscon, was being driven by an 83-year-old Nova Scotia woman and collided with a Toyota Corrolla after the woman made a left turn at around 7:15 p.m. Sunday. The Hyundai then collided with a Buick Enclave that was stopped at a nearby stop sign.  All three occupants of the Hyundai and the

Two men have been found shot to death in a neighborhood in Indian River County on Monday afternoon, deputies said. Indian River County Sheriff’s Office deputies said the bodies were found near 79th Street and 105th Court in the Vero Lake Estates neighborhood. Money was found scattered around the scene, which Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers said could mean the shooting was drug related. “Generally, when we see these kinds of things, where we see money and see people

One man was killed following a crash at the intersection of S.R. 776 and Sunnybrook Boulevard in Charlotte County. It happened Monday afternoon. According to the Florida Highway Patrol a dump truck traveling west on 776 failed to stop at the intersection and ran a red light. The dump truck collided with the driver of a pickup truck. The driver of the pick up truck was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash remains under investigation. In the aftermath of

A bicycle rider died Sunday morning after colliding with a vehicle while going through a Boynton Beach intersection, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office reported. According to its statement, the bicyclist, who was identified as Harry Mulder, was heading south on El Clair Ranch Road, shortly after 9:00 a.m. Mulder, 78, was riding along the sidewalk on the east side of the road and went to cross Piper Glen Boulevard. Just before Mulder entered the intersection, an eastbound 2012 Honda

One person is dead, while three others were seriously injured in a crash in Royal Palm Beach on Monday afternoon.  Palm Beach County Fire Rescue (PBCFR) said units were dispatched Ponce De Leon Street, off Royal Palm Beach Boulevard at 2:41 p.m., to reports of a crash with fire.  When crews arrived at the scene, units found a pick-up truck pulling an enclosed trailer and a car had collided into each other. Both vehicles had extensive damage, PBCFR said, but there

A family walking along a West Florida highway came under attack as someone in an Audi repeatedly fired a Glock-19 style BB pistol at them, according to investigators in the Panhandle. Siblings ages 10, 15 and 17 were hit by shots, the Walton County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. It happened Saturday, March 9, in the coastal Seaside community, about a 70-mile drive east from Pensacola. The family says it was walking back from dinner when a vehicle pulled alongside

A car traveling east in the Interstate 4 express lanes went up in flames and exploded on Monday afternoon. The express lanes near the turnpike were closed for some time as officials worked to put out the dangerous fire. Now, the left lane remains closed as the scene continues to be cleared. Traffic on I-4 east outside of the express lanes was not impacted and all lanes continue to operate as normal. It is not clear how the fire started

Lakeland Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation after a 3-year-old was found dead after a shooting in Lakeland on Monday. According to the LPD, officers were dispatched at around 6:34 p.m. to 1850 Cambridge Cove Circle, where they found two people stuck by gunshots. Lakeland Fire Department and Polk County Fire Rescue arrived at the scene of the accident and immediately began attempting lifesaving measures. One of the victims was identified as a 3-year-old but was declared dead at

Photo by: fox 35 orlando Troopers are investigating a deadly, wrong-way crash on Interstate 4 in Orlando, officials said.  The crash happened around 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning on I-4 westbound at the exit ramp to Sand Lake Road. The Florida Highway Patrol said a 2016 Nissan Sentra, being driven by a man, was traveling the wrong way and struck the female driver of a 2011 Jeep Wrangler, officials said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. She was taken

Authorities are investigating after a witness’s cellphone video shows police officers shoot a man Thursday in a Miami neighborhood. City of Miami officials said a 40-year-old man, identified by family members as Donald Armstrong, was shot in the area of Northwest 7th Court and 58th Street in Model City. Officers had responded to a call about a man who was possibly on narcotics, according to Miami Police. When they showed up at the house, the man was holding a sharp