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A search was launched Friday after Hillsborough County deputies said a man opened fire on a vehicle, shooting the passenger and resulting in the driver hitting a bicyclist as she fled. A spokesperson for the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said the two victims and the suspect know each other. They had pulled over to talk to the man along Progress Boulevard when he began shooting at them, authorities said. The man in the passenger seat suffered gunshot wounds to his

Photo by: Bryan Anderson The Boathouse restaurant at the Cape Coral Yacht Club was engulfed by large flames Thursday night. Around 9:40 p.m., reports started coming in about a fire in the area of 5819 Driftwood Parkway. Large flames have been billowing from the restaurant’s rooftop. The Cape Coral Boathouse restaurant reopened on Thursday following Hurricane Milton. This content is imported from Facebook. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able

Surveillance video obtained by 7News shows a disturbing and cold-blooded attack in Hialeah, where a homeless man was shot and killed as he slept, leading police to arrest the suspect days later. The shooting happened on the morning of July 12, 2024, along the 1100 block of Palm Avenue. A witness said she saw the victim’s body. “I looked, and I see the body, like bleesing,” she said. Police said the victim, 58-year-old A G, was in his usual spot

On Friday, Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a shooting at a Petro gas station on Highway 318 and Interstate 75. When deputies arrived at approximately 2:24 p.m., they located an adult Black male suffering from a gunshot wound. Marion County Fire Rescue responded and transported the victim to the hospital, where he later died, MCSO said. His identity is being withheld pending next of kin notification. MCSO Major Crimes detectives have determined that the deadly shooting was due

Photo by WPLG Local10.com  A few thousand pounds of glass crushed a man’s neck killing him while at work on Friday afternoon in Pompano Beach, according to fire rescue. Pompano Beach Fire Rescue personnel and Broward County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the “possible decapitation” and found the man dead. There was crime scene tape blocking an entrance at a warehouse’s loading dock at 1350 Park Central Boulevard — home to a window installation service. This is a developing story. 

Photo mypanhandle UPDATE: The roadway has since reopened. A crash involving a semi tractor trailer has shut down portions of 1-10 Friday morning. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened shortly before 5 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of I-10 at Mile Marker 120. According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, 1-10 eastbound lanes are closed between Mile Marker 112 in Bonifay and Mile Marker 120 in Chipley. Officials said no one was injured. Experienced Legal Help for Truck

South Walton Fire District firefighters responded to a residential structure fire in Rosemary Beach around midnight on Friday. According to a news release, the incident originated at 12:34 a.m. when SWFD dispatchers received a 911 call of a large three-story home on fire on N. Winston Lane. The fire was also threatening multiple neighboring homes, fire officials wrote. Firefighters from Engine 1, Rescue 1, and Engine 6 arrived on the scene at 12:40 a.m. and encountered heavy fire conditions. The

The Florida Highway Patrol responded to a crash in Holmes County on Thursday night. Florida Highway Patrol troopers said the crash happened at 10 p.m. on State Road 81. It involved a 26-year-old man from Ponce De Leon, Florida, driving a sedan, and a 54-year-old man from Brooklyn, New York, driving a pickup truck. According to a news release, the 26-year old man from Ponce De Leon was driving north on State Road 81 when his car drifted into the

 A major crash has eastbound Fruitville Road completely shut down just past Sarasota Center Blvd. Westbound has one lane blocked. Live FDOT camera views show what appears to be a tractor trailer and red car involved in the crash. Westbound is backed up 2 miles, with nearly a 15 minute delay. Despite eastbound closed, backups are near a mile. Consider using Clark Road as a backup while lanes are blocked. Trusted Legal Help After a Car AccidentA car accident can

A man in his 50s was shot Friday in Orange County, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies located the man after responding around 10 a.m. to the 4800 block of Betty Sue Terrace in Pine Hills, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. The man was hospitalized in serious condition, the statement reads, adding the situation “appears to be domestic related.” No further details were immediately available. This is a developing story and may be updated.  Legal Help

 A man was arrested Thursday in a crash that killed a woman on North Causeway bridge in New Smyrna Beach, according to the police department. M R faces multiple charges. New Smyrna Beach police said that a woman and her husband were walking on the sidewalk on the bridge on Jan. 25 when they were struck by a vehicle driven by R. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene while her husband was taken to the hospital. R faces charges of

The storm that moved through parts of North Central Florida on Thursday claimed the life of a landscape worker. Ocala Police Department officials told TV20 that 37-year-old Hunter Parks was killed when a tree fell on him during a storm around 3 p.m. along Southwest 46th Avenue, south of Silver Springs Boulevard. A co-worker told police he and Parks took shelter under the tree.  They heard it make a cracking sound and tried to run.  He got away, but Parks