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Photo by:  WKMG ClickOrlando Two Melbourne airport police officers shot a gunman who tried to breach a fence, looking to get onto a plane, Friday morning, according to Melbourne Airport Police Department Chief Renee Purden. The shooting happened just outside of Melbourne International Airport, according to the chief. She said, around 9 a.m., the man was trying to get into a secure gate and spoke with airport staff, saying he wanted to get onto a plane. The man walked away and staff

Photo by: cbs12 Two people are in the hospital following a two-vehicle crash in Wellington on Friday morning. According to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue (PBCFR), a little before 6:30 a.m., crews responded to the crash on Forest Hill Boulevard and Via Buena Vida. PBCFR says one person was airlifted to the hospital and the other required ground transportation. A viewer video shows two silver sedans with heavy damage from the collision. The sound of a car horn was ongoing

Photo by: WKMG ClickOrlando  A 22-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle crash Friday morning that forced the closure of Rinehart Road in Sanford. Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded around 7:45 a.m. to the area of Rinehart Road and Plantation Lakes Circle. According to an FHP crash report, a motorcycle was traveling northbound on Rinehart Road — west of Plantation Lakes Circle — when its rider failed to negotiate a curve. The rider was thrown from the bike as it

A tree trimmer was electrocuted while cutting branches near a power line in Hudson on Thursday, the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies along with the Pasco County Fire Department responded to the death investigation on Maria Drive and Sea Ranch Drive area. They said the man died from an apparent electrocution while trimming trees. Fire officials said the worker was cutting branches near the power line when the bucket in the truck he was using became energized. “I was working in

One person was hurt in a stabbing Thursday night in Doral, and police said they are searching for one of the suspects.  The victim suffered multiple stab wounds and was taken to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, according to Doral police. More details on their condition were not immediately known. The incident happened on NW 105th Court, police said. One person was arrested, but another is still being sought, authorities said. A description of the suspect was not provided.   Police said

A man has been indicted for a double murder that happened at an Orange County after-hours party earlier this year, according to the State Attorney’s Office (SAO). On Wednesday, a grand jury indicted Christopher Haynes, 31, on two counts of first-degree murder with a firearm, due to the state’s “sufficient evidence”. The charges stem from the early-morning double shooting on March 23 where the two victims were attending a party being held after-hours at a business on North Pine Hills

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man who they say admitted to sexually abusing a young girl for years. Deputies took 24-year-old Giancarlo Gonzalez-Nieves into custody Thursday. Investigators said the alleged abuse lasted for about four years. Investigators said it started when the victim was 8 and ended when she was 12. Sheriff Marcos Lopez called her brave for stepping up to share details about what happened. It led to the arrest of Gonzales-Nieves, who deputies said was over

Tragedy struck at a Southwest Miami-Dade home when a 5-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool. Miami-Dade Police units responded to reports of a possible drowning of a child at a home near the 14000 block of Southwest 168th Terrace, just before 7:40 p.m., Thursday. “Hoped that nothing tragic like that would happen,” said a neighbor. “My neighbor that administered the CPR, both of us being parents, I know she sounded a little distraught with the idea, we weren’t sure