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Officials have closed South Howard Avenue after a fatal crash early Tuesday morning. The Tampa Police Department said officers are investigating the crash between a vehicle and pedestrian at South Howard Avenue and West Horatio Street. During the investigation, both north and southbound lanes of South Howard Avenue will be closed at the Horatio Street intersection. Officials are asking drivers to find alternative routes at this time. There are no other details available. After a car accident, dealing with insurance

Deputies investigated a crash on Burnt Store Road in northern Lee County Sunday evening. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene of a single-vehicle crash. We know a canal was covered by crime scene tape, and deputies were on the scene just south of Burnt Store Marina. LCSO says one person was taken to Gulf Coast Hospital by MedFlight. NBC2 has questions out to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office to get you the latest information. Car accidents often

Two vehicles flipped over into a ditch during a crash along I-75’s northbound lanes between mile markers 135 and 136. The crash happened around 3 p.m. and blocked the right lane of the interstate near Exit 136 by Colonial Boulevard. According to the Fort Myers Fire Department, all vehicle occupants were accounted for and only minor injuries were reported. FMFD said one person was confirmed to have been transferred to the hospital. The lane has reopened. Dealing with the consequences

Police are searching for at least one person after a shooting that stemmed from a robbery in Fort Myers sent one to the hospital. The incident happened along Franklin Street and Henderson Avenue, south of Edison Ave. FMPD says one person was injured in the shooting and taken to the hospital for treatment. Police have not shared the victim’s identity at this point. Police say the suspect was in all black with a handgun. NBC2 has questions out to the

A terrifying spate of gunfire, captured on cellphone video exclusively obtained by Local 10, sent families scrambling for cover during a children’s baseball game at Franjo Park on Monday evening. “Anybody get hit? No!” a bystander was heard shouting in the video. Police say the shooting did not happen inside the park but nearby, just before 8 p.m. Miami-Dade and Cutler Bay police officers said they responded to the scene near Old Cutler Road and Franjo Road, where they found

Two students, a seventh and an eighth grader from JFK Middle School in Riviera Beach, are being charged for a brutal attack on another student at the same school last week while the teens were walking home from school, just a few blocks from campus. The teen spoke exclusively to WPTV’s Shannon Cake with his mother present during the interview. “I was trying to cross the street,” he said. “They came up behind me and jumped me. They punched me

A woman was killed by her husband in a deadly shooting outside an Orlando shopping center on Monday, according to the Orlando Police Department. Orlando police officers responded to a report of a medical emergency just after 1 p.m. at the strip plaza on Lake Underhill Road and Semoran Blvd.  Officers found a woman, identified as Yuneisy Labrada Rodriguez, 44, with gunshot wounds. Witnesses said the suspect, identified as the victim’s husband, Armando Verdecia Carralero, fled the scene in a

 A driver in a stolen Jeep ran away after fatally hitting a pedestrian in St. Petersburg Monday night, according to police. The crash happened at about 8 p.m. in the 1200 block of 9th Avenue South. The pedestrian, Edward Webb, 70, was taken to a hospital where they died, police said. The driver abandoned the Jeep near the crash and ran away, according to police. The Jeep was determined to have been stolen. Anyone with information is asked to call

A woman was hospitalized after she was hit by a golf cart that ended up in the middle of a busy Jensen Beach bar Saturday night. Tako Tiki owner Troy Pulley was out of state when his manager called. He said she sounded panicked. “A golf cart just drove through the front door and hit a table,” Pulley recalled. One woman had to be taken to the hospital with a serious pelvic injury. “Great lady, wonderful customer… a local,” said

Authorities are investigating after they said a driver struck a pedestrian in Aventura on Monday evening. It happened around the 2900 block of Aventura Boulevard. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue confirmed receiving a call about multiple pedestrians being hit, but medics took only one person to a nearby trauma center. They did not provide any information on the victim’s age, gender, condition, or circumstances that led up to the incident. There has been no word on whether the driver will cited or

Officers arrested a man they say shot his girlfriend last Saturday in Ocala. Donald Roberts Jr., 36, faces charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Ocala Police Department officers say Roberts chased his girlfriend on the second floor of the Motel Six on Northwest Blitchton Road and then shot her in the back. Officers say they later found Roberts and a revolver hidden at a nearby I-75 overpass. The girlfriend was taken to the hospital for treatment. Negligent shootings

A man is facing multiple charges after police said he struck an officer while trying to flee from a traffic stop on a stolen Ducati motorcycle in Sunny Isles Beach. Jose E. Osorio-Rodriguez, 26, of North Miami, was arrested Sunday on charges including grand theft of a vehicle, fleeing and eluding a police officer, aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, and resisting an officer without violence, records showed. The incident began Sunday morning in the 100 block of Sunny