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Miami police detectives investigated a shooting Monday that they said left four people wounded. It happened just before 1:30 p.m. near Northwest 59th Street and 17th Avenue, in the city’s Liberty City neighborhood. Medics took three victims to Jackson Memorial Hospital, while a fourth person drove themselves, a Miami Police Department spokesperson said. All four were “alert and stable,” police said. Video taken from a northwest Miami-Dade apartment shows a shot-up sedan surrounded by crime scene tape. The victims drove

Photo by: wfla A part of a tractor-trailer fell off an overpass on the I-75 North ramp to I-4 in Hillsborough County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. An FHP official said at 12:05 p.m., the driver of the semi-truck, described as a 31-year-old Tampa man, was heading north on the ramp from I-75 to I-4 when it crashed with the inside concrete barrier. The semi-truck ended up flipping, which caused its Seatrade trailer to fall onto Hillsborough Avenue. According

Photo by: WCSO A 19-year-old Mississippi man has been arrested for driving a stolen vehicle after a pursuit ended in Defuniak Springs. This evening, deputies were notified of a stolen vehicle out of Mississippi traveling on Highway 90, according to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies say they spotted the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop. The driver, identified as M P S Marie, attempted to flee but crashed near the intersection of Live Oak Avenue West and South 22nd

Authorities said B, of northwest Miami-Dade, shot the victim four times and also hit the restaurant, located at 322 NW 24th St., with bullets while a dozen employees were working inside. According to an arrest report, authorities responded to the scene just after 9:45 p.m. on Oct. 28 after receiving a report of seven shots fired in the area and found the victim with four gunshot wounds. Police said an officer applied a tourniquet and performed “life-saving measures” until medics

Photo by: local10 The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office announced that Deputy I. D. died Monday afternoon, becoming the third fatality among motorcycle deputies involved in last Thursday’s tragic crash near Loxahatchee. Diaz, who fought for his life for days, succumbed to his injuries Monday afternoon, according to PBSO officials. The crash occurred on Southern Boulevard, west of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road, near Lion Country Safari. Deputies L P, B W, and D were struck by a vehicle while assisting with a

A woman is accused of attacking a law enforcement officer at a St. Petersburg Walmart after eating cookies and stealing undergarments. A G, 39, was inside the Walmart, located at 201 34th Street North on Saturday afternoon when Walmart’s Loss Prevention had asked her to leave after suspecting she was concealing merchandise. As G was escorted toward the exit, she began yelling and cursing, before pushing a responding St. Pete police officer’s arm away while trying to “aggressively approach” a

A Freightliner propane tanker truck fatally hit a pedestrian Monday morning in Pasco County, Florida Highway Patrol announced. The tanker truck, driven by a 62-year-old Hudson man, was traveling westbound in the right turn lane on SR-52 at the intersection of Grand Boulevard around 5:46 a.m. A female pedestrian, 43, from New Port Richey, was walking across the street in a crosswalk when she walked into the path of the truck as it began to turn on Grand Boulevard under

Photo by: OCSO A senior resident was killed in a large house fire on Sunday in Okaloosa County, according to deputies. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says the incident took place at t 8185 Creston Barrow Road in Baker. Deputies and firefighters responded to the fire where one resident was unable to escape and died, according to OCSO. Deputies say another resident survived and was taken to North Okaloosa Medical Center for treatment. The State Fire Marshal is investigating the

An Orlando man was killed early Monday in a crash with a semitruck in Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened at 6:10 a.m. on E. Colonial Drive at Sable Palm Drive. According to troopers, a semitruck was traveling north on Sable Palm Drive when the driver, a 38-year-old Geneva man, attempted to turn left onto E. Colonial Drive in front of an oncoming Chevy Equinox. The semitruck collided with the front of the Chevrolet, according

One person died and three others were hurt Sunday night in a traffic crash in Osceola County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The two-vehicle crash happened shortly before 7 p.m. along Old Hickory Tree Road in St. Cloud. Troopers arrived to find a collision between a Toyota Corolla and a Nissan Quest minivan. FHP reported that the driver of the Toyota was traveling southbound on Old Hickory Tree Road when he ran a stop sign at the intersection of Nolte

Photo by: Hernando County Fire Rescue A woman and a child were taken to a hospital following a crash on I-75. On Saturday, Hernando County Fire Rescue responded to the crash near mile marker 296 just after noon. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a Freightliner semi-truck driven by a 55-year-old Cape Coral man blew a tire while driving in the southbound lanes. When the driver exited to the side of the roadway, he struck a Hyundai Elantra, carrying a

Photo by: San Carlos Park Fire District The San Carlos Park Fire District responded to a vehicle fire on Unique Circle in San Carlos Park on Sunday. Crews said when they arrived on the scene, they found the vehicle fully engulfed in flames with the fire threatening a nearby RV. SCPFD firefighters extinguished the fire while a crew from Estero Fire Rescue cleared the inside of the camper. No one was reported to be inside. The RV suffered heat and