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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Fort Lauderdale police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred early Wednesday morning. According to police, officers responded to the 1300 block of Northwest Eighth Avenue shortly after 3 a.m. after receiving a ShotSpotter alert. Police said officers found a man at the scene suffering from gunshot wounds. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue personnel transported him to Broward Health Medical Center where he died. The investigation remains ongoing and no other details have been released. Anyone with information

PALM SHORES, Fla. — A man was shot to death Wednesday morning by a deputy in Brevard County, according to law enforcement. The shooting occurred at a residence in Palm Shores. Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said his deputies responded to the home after a woman called 911 around 3:30 a.m. The woman told 911 dispatchers that a man inside the home was damaging things and threatening her life. First responders arrived and successfully extricated the woman from the home.

A juvenile was stabbed Tuesday afternoon after a fight broke out outside a school in Hollywood, police said. According to Hollywood Police, officers arrived at the scene near North 54th Avenue and North Hills Drive. During their investigation, officers revealed that after Hollywood Hills High School was dismissed, a fight happened off campus. Police said once a school resource officer and school security arrived at the scene, the fight ended and one juvenile was found with stab wounds. They were

Two crashes on Interstate 95 in Broward County backed up traffic on the southbound and northbound lanes early Wednesday. The lanes have since reopened. The first crash happened in the northbound direction and blocked several lanes, including the express lanes, between Hollywood Boulevard and Stirling Road. Video showed a mangled black vehicle on the shoulder as an officer approached the passenger side and shined a flashlight inside. The airbags had deployed and both the back and front of the car

MIAMI (WSVN) – At least one person has died after an altercation escalated into gunfire in the heart of Miami’s Brickell area. Cellphone video captured the massive police response after the fatal shooting in the area of Southwest Eighth Street and First Avenue at around 1:00 a.m., Wednesday. Upon arrival, City of Miami police officers located a male suffering from gunshot wounds. He has since succumbed to his injuries. Preliminary information revealed that a confrontation took place, which then escalated

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)— The Tampa Police Department is investigating an early morning crash that caused injuries. The crash happened at 2:45 a.m. in the southbound lanes of North 30th Street between East Bougainvillea Avenue and East Linebaugh Avenue. At this time, the extent of the injuries is unknown. All lanes are back open. Ovadia Law Group: Experienced Car Accident AttorneysExperience matters when it comes to car accident cases. Ovadia Law Group has a team of seasoned attorneys who specialize in

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Police said a man died Tuesday night after he was found with multiple gunshot wounds on Lane Avenue, just south of Park Street in the Hyde Park area of Jacksonville. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, officers were called to the area around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday because of reports of gunfire. The officers found a man with multiple gunshot wounds. Paramedics responded but the man died at the scene. Police said multiple people of interest were detained at

ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. – A 32-year-old motorcyclist died Tuesday night after a crash at the intersection of Mayport and Levy roads in Atlantic Beach, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said that around 8:35 p.m., a pick-up truck turned left onto Levy Road across the path of the motorcycle, which was headed south on Mayport Road. The motorcycle hit the front right corner of the pick-up, and the impact sent the pick-up truck into the front of an SUV that

FORT MYERS, Fla. — A structure fire broke out at Village Creek Apartments in Fort Myers early Wednesday morning. One person was removed from the building. They were transported to the hospital by EMS with non-critical injuries. No other injuries were reported. Fort Myers police left the building as the fire department was dispatched. A Fort Myers Battalion Chief says that hoarding conditions inside the apartment may have made the flames worse. Water sprinklers were used to quickly extinguish the

FHP investigates double-fatal crash near Taylor Creek Road CHRISTMAS, Fla. – A 44-year-old Christmas man who was critically injured last week when the moped he was operating in Orange County was struck from behind has died, the Florida Highway Patrol said on Tuesday. A 42-year-old Orlando woman who was a passenger on the moped died last Wednesday when they were struck from behind by a car driven by a 19-year-old woman, according to troopers. The fatal crash happened around 11 p.m.