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A man is recovering in the hospital after police say he was shot in the torso and robbed on Sunday night in Leesburg. It happened at 8 p.m. in the 100 block of Truitt Street, the Leesburg Police Department said. Officers found the victim had been shot in the upper body and then robbed. The suspect fled on foot, police said. Officers provided first aid to the 51-year-old victim, who was transported to the hospital and remains stable. Detectives have

A teen was airlifted to a hospital after he was struck by a vehicle in North Lauderdale Sunday night, officials said. The incident happened shortly after 8 p.m. in the area of Kimberly Boulevard and Rock Island Road. Broward Sheriff’s Office officials said deputies and fire rescue crews responded to reports of a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian and found the teen who’d been struck by a vehicle. He was airlifted to a local hospital with potentially life-threatening

The Temple Terrace Fire Department worked to contain a house fire for two hours Sunday night. TTFD responded to a house fire at 5509 Tempe Height Road around 10:10 p.m. and found flames coming from the side of the home. After searching the home, they confirmed no one was inside and began battling the fire. With the help of Tampa Fire Rescue, Temple Terrace crews launched an interior fire attack while Tampa Fire Rescue ventilated the roof. According to TTFD,

 A Florida deputy who was responding to a burglary in progress collided with a train early Monday morning, according to NBC affiliate WPTV. The collision reportedly occurred at 4:45 a.m. at the intersection of Old Dixie Highway and County Line Road in Jupiter. According to the news outlet, the railroad gates were already down and the deputy was unable to beat the oncoming train. Video aboard the train shows the patrol vehicle attempting to inch toward the gates and away from

Photo by: nbcmiami Chopper6 captured video of a box truck that was tipped over on Miami Gardens Drive at Interstate 75 on Monday morning. The box truck could be seen leaning against the overpass wall with its left tires in the air. Florida Highway Patrol could be seen at the scene. It was not immediately clear if anyone was hurt or how the vehicle came to be tipped over. This is a developing story. Expert Legal Representation for Truck Accident

A 13-year-old who was hurt in a Miami Gardens crash that left her siblings and grandmother dead earlier this month has died, according to a family friend. Miami Gardens Police officials said five children and three adults were riding in a white Nissan Altima when they were involved in the crash at Northwest 170th Street and 37th Avenue shortly before 6 p.m. on Feb. 8. Surveillance video showed a black Kia Sorrento rear-ending the Altima, which then crashed into a silver

An argument between two men that broke out while at their girlfriends’ Pinellas Park home left one of them dead, and the other behind bars. On Sunday evening, the Pinellas Park Police Department responded to reports of gunfire at a home, located at 3531 Applewood Terrace North. Police said 22-year-old JV-L and 45-year-old SMJr. were at the home of their girlfriends’ when an argument broke out between the two men. As M was leaving the home, V-L grabbed a firearm

One man is dead and another injured in a shooting Sunday night, the Plant City Police Department announced. Officers responded to the 1800 block of East Warren Street around 9:30 p.m. in regards to a shooting. When officers arrived they located a man dead inside a vehicle and another man suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the arm. The man was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition. “Our department is working tirelessly and utilizing all available

An elderly Mount Dora man and his Ohio mistress were arrested after allegedly attacking his girlfriend when she confronted them about prior battery instances. A deputy responded to a battery at an undisclosed Lake County residence around 4:50 p.m. Monday, according to an arrest report from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.  Upon arrival, the deputy met with 84-year-old GDS who advised that his roommate, the victim, randomly attacked him and his friend, 85-year-old K At. The three of them were

raffic was delayed after a car collided with a guard rail along I-75 northbound in Collier County Monday morning. The Florida Highway Patrol responded to the scene near Mile Marker 87 in Immokalee around 8:15 a.m. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office, along with rescue crews, also responded to the scene. Florida Department of Transportation traffic cameras showed northbound traffic being reduced to one lane. The scene has since cleared. FHP said no one was injured as a result of this

A Frostproof woman is facing multiple charges after she punched a man and hit him with a garden hoe, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. MD, 47, was reportedly supposed to “hang out” with the man during the evening of Feb. 11, but he said he wouldn’t be able to make it. At around 3:00 a.m., officials say D went to the man’s house and yelled at him out by his fence before climbing over it. She then pushed through

Deputies in Pasco County are searching for a suspect involved in a shooting that left one person dead in the Wesley Chapel area.  It happened just before 7:30 p.m. Sunday near Old Pasco Road and Dayflower Boulevard. Investigators say a man was found dead at the scene and is believed to have been shot by another man. The suspect reportedly ran away from the area before law enforcement arrived. Deputies say this is an isolated incident, and there is no threat to