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photo by: wfla A security guard was hospitalized on New Year’s Eve after being shot in downtown Tampa, according to police. Around 10:45 p.m., Tampa police responded to Curtis Hixon Park, located in the 600 block of North Ashley Drive, after receiving reports of shots being fired. Early investigation revealed that a Tampa Museum of Art security guard was removing a group of juveniles from the property when he was shot following an altercation. The victim, who was identified as

Another teenager was found with a gunshot wound in Tampa on New Year’s Day, the police department announced Wednesday. Around 11:30 a.m., officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 1800 block of 28th Avenue. A 15-year-old victim was found outside of a home with a gunshot wound. The teen was taken to a nearby hospital where he is in stable condition. Investigators said this incident does not appear to be random. This is an active investigation. This marks

A teenage girl is injured following an early morning shooting in Tampa on New Year’s Day, marking the third shooting within four hours in the city. Just after 1 a.m., Tampa police who were patrolling the downtown area as part of their New Year’s Eve Operation found the victim near North Tampa Street and East Cass Street. The girl, who was only identified as being a 16-year-old, was shot in the leg. She was taken to a nearby hospital with

A road ranger was killed early New Year’s Day in a multi-vehicle crash on southbound Interstate 95 at Hollywood Boulevard in Broward County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol, WPLG reported. The crash, reported at 3:37 a.m., involved five vehicles, including two fully marked FHP patrol cars and a road ranger service truck, according to FHP spokesperson Lt. Indiana Miranda. Authorities identified the victim as a 28-year-old Hispanic man from Pembroke Pines. His identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

A road rage incident that began on U.S.-41 near Galway Lane on Friday escalated into a dangerous confrontation, leading to the arrest of a Port Charlotte man. According to Charlotte County deputies, the altercation started when two drivers got into an argument over erratic driving behaviors, with both accusing each other of honking, driving aggressively, and flipping each other off. Instead of defusing the situation, the victim followed the other driver, identified as D F, all the way to his

photo by: nbc-2 The Naples Airport grounded flights on Wednesday after a plane crashed into a building just before 2 a.m. Deputies with the Collier County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene where they said they found four passengers on board of the six-seater, single-engine 36 Bonanza plane. The aircraft is the same type that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper in the 1950’s in an Iowa cornfield. Deputies said the plane was leaving the Naples airport

A 24-year-old Lehigh Acres man is dead after a three-vehicle crash in Lee County early Wednesday morning. The Florida Highway Patrol responded to the scene on SR-82, at Bell Boulevard, around 4:55 a.m. Troopers said when they arrived, they found three vehicles involved. Investigations revealed that the 24-year-old man was driving south on Bell Boulevard, approaching a stop sign at the SR-82 intersection. The second car carrying a 57-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman from Cape Coral and the third

Levy County sheriff’s deputies are investigating what they are calling a domestic violence-related shooting on Tuesday evening. Investigators say the shooting happened just before 7 p.m. in the Manatee Farms Subdivision off of Manatee Springs Road, west of Chiefland. Witnesses reported that a pair of brothers were involved in an altercation before one brother shot the other. The dispute ended with the death of J M, 50. Investigators said they found the suspect, M M, 33, hiding in a shed

A 68-year-old woman died Tuesday night after she was hit by a truck while crossing Beach Boulevard near St. Johns Bluff Road in Jacksonville, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the pickup truck was headed west on Beach Boulevard in the outer lane around 10 p.m. when the woman tried to cross the road and stepped in the truck’s path. Troopers said the woman was hit and died at the hospital. The 38-year-old man driving the truck was

photo by: FDOT One person is in the hospital after a vehicle and tractor-trailer crash in Escambia County on Monday. Escambia County Fire Rescue responded to the accident at eastbound I-10 just west of the Scenic Highway exit around 3 p.m. Officials say one person was trapped. Within 24 minutes they were extricated and taken to a nearby hospital “as a trauma alert.” No further information is available. Expert Legal Representation for Truck Accident VictimsAt Ovadia Law Group, we understand

A Canadian arrested on state charges after police said he attacked passengers and Transportation Security Administration officers at Miami International Airport over the weekend could wind up in more trouble. C D M, 28, will likely face federal charges, according to a TSA statement sent to Local 10 News on Tuesday. The agency “is working with law enforcement and will pursue independent enforcement actions” against the Toronto man for attacking two of its officers on Saturday morning, it says. “This unprovoked and

Authorities confirmed that a hit-and-run crash in Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood early Tuesday morning left two motorcyclists hospitalized. Police have since announced the arrest of 41-year-old Isaac Desmond Florence in connection to the incident. Authorities said the crash occurred around 3:24 a.m. near Northwest Seventh Avenue and 36th Street. Miami police said officers arrived at the scene to find a male and a female motorcyclist injured. They said Both were transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center. According to Florence’s