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Two people are dead following a violent chain of events that began with an overnight stabbing in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood, police said. City of Miami Police units responded to a call of a stabbing at the Icon Residences high-rise, located at 485 Brickell Ave., at around 2:15 a.m. on Sunday. “Once our officers arrived on the scene, they went up to the 34th floor where they located a male who had been stabbed,” said Miami Police Officer Michael Vega. The

The Tampa Police Department said it is conducting a death investigation after a man was struck by a train late Saturday night Officers responded to the 300 block of W Busch Blvd., where they found a deceased person stuck under a train. TPD said that it appeared to be an adult male. The man was struck by a CSX train that was traveling west from N Florida Ave., police said. The intersection was closed for a few hours while authorities

Photo by: (FDOT) A crash Sunday afternoon temporarily forced all westbound lanes of State Road 528 to shut down in Orange County, according to the Florida Department of Transportation. The crash occurred before 2 p.m. in the area of mile marker 22, near Wedgefield, FDOT’s FL511 website stated. On traffic cameras, it appeared some vehicles were making their way around the scene via the right shoulder. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash involved a Dodge Dakota and a

A 44-year-old man was stabbed in St. Petersburg on Saturday afternoon, police said. The incident occurred at a home on North 22nd St. at around 4 p.m., and authorities said the suspect fled on foot. A spokesperson for the St. Petersburg Police Department said the man was transported to the hospital and is in stable condition. The victim was not identified. They were not able to provide any additional information about the stabbing or the suspect. Personalized Legal Strategies for

A woman is dead and two more are injured after a driver in Spring Hill failed to stop at a stop sign, the Florida Highway Patrol said. At around 2 a.m. on Sunday, a Hyundai Santa Fe, driven by an 18-year-old Port Richey man, was going south on Lema Drive. Meanwhile, a Chevy Malibu, driven by a 36-year-old Spring Hill woman, was going east on Spring Hill Drive. When the drivers arrived at the intersection, the Hyundai failed to stop

A man is dead and a woman is seriously injured after Tampa police say a domestic dispute escalated to gunfire. TPD responded to reports of gunfire on N Club Court at around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday. Officers arrived to find a woman with serious injuries who was then taken to a local hospital. Tampa police say she is now in stable condition. A man was also taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced deceased, though police did not clarify

A 22-year-old motorcyclist from St. Augustine was killed in a crash involving two motorcycles and an SUV on State Road 100 Saturday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 9:05 p.m. near Lakeview Drive. Troopers reported that four motorcycles were heading westbound on SR-100 when one collided with the side of another motorcycle. That impact forced the second motorcycle onto the grass shoulder. The initial collision caused the first motorcycle to veer into the eastbound lane,

A man is accused of shooting at a state trooper while fleeing from deputies. The Florida Highway Patrol was on the lookout for a 29-year-old man with an active warrant Sunday. The license plate of a 2024 Mitsubishi Outlander was sent out from the Lake Worth Regional Communications Center as the vehicle fled from Hillsborough County, Florida. Around 5:30 a.m., a sergeant with FHP noticed the vehicle traveling northbound on I-95 near Midway Road in St. Lucie County. When the

One person was shot and killed Sunday morning near a busy Fort Myers intersection, prompting a large response from emergency crews and the arrest of a man. According to Fort Myers Police, Y R, 41, was arrested as the suspect in the shooting that left one person dead shortly before 9:15 a.m. near Palm Beach Boulevard and Oasis Grand Boulevard. The shooting happened in the parking lot of a public boat ramp next to the Oasis Grand. Gulf Coast News

A three-vehicle crash Saturday morning near Geneva killed a man and sent three other people to the hospital, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 9:13 a.m. at W State Road 46 and Osceola Road, troopers said, describing the three vehicles involved as an SUV, a sprinter van and a pickup truck. According to an FHP crash report, the pickup truck was traveling behind the van, both of which were headed westbound on S.R. 46. The pickup’s

An Orange County deputy shot an armed man who had punched him in the face multiple times behind a discount store in Pine Hills on Saturday, according to Sheriff John Mina. Mina held a news conference later that morning to describe the situation, stating the deputy approached the man after seeing him around 8 a.m. acting suspiciously in a fenced-in area behind Save Discount along North Hiawassee Road. When the deputy asked the man what he was doing in the

Orange County Sheriff John Mina said a man with schizophrenia was shot and killed by a deputy on Saturday. Officers responded at around 3:30 p.m. to a home in Orlando after getting reports of a schizophrenic man behaving erratically in the street. Mina said the man was reportedly not taking his medication. When officers arrived, they were met by the man’s father, who said he was in the bedroom with a knife. Mina said deputies tried to speak with the