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Photo by: ClickOrlando  A man in his 20s died after being shot Friday night in Orange County, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies located the man after responding around 8:20 p.m. to a shooting reported out of the 6100 block of West Colonial Drive, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. The man was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries, the statement reads. An investigation is said to be ongoing. No further details had

A motorcyclist died in a crash in the Lake Forest Hills area Saturday morning. According to JSO, the crash happened at the intersection of Moncrief Road and W. Edgewood Avenue around 2:20 a.m. Police said the man in his mid-50s was heading westbound on W. Edgewood Avenue. At the same time, an elderly woman, driving a sedan, was traveling eastbound. The woman then turned left into the path of the motorcyclist as she tried to enter a Sunoco gas station

 A lieutenant with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office died earlier this week, allegedly shot and killed by her estranged husband – a former sergeant –  and made to look like a suicide attempt, the sheriff’s office said. Orange County deputies responded to a home on El Prado Avenue on Monday, Oct. 14, and found Eloilda “Ellie” Shea dead from a gunshot wound to the head. “At the time, we responded to those inquiries with the information we had, which was

A 68-year-old man was arrested after driving past construction barricades and hitting two construction workers, according to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP). FHP said that Charles Edward Kunath, of Palm Harbor, drove up to a road being worked on by Pinellas County construction workers. The road had been flooded and partially washed out. Kunath drove around the barricades and vehicles that indicated the road was closed, even though workers flagged him to stop. FHP said that’s when he collided with

According to police, a man who teamed up with a friend to shoot up a home in North Miami Beach wound up getting shot himself — by his partner-in-crime. Authorities arrested Steeve Jean-Charles, 22, of North Miami, after his discharge from HCA Florida Aventura Hospital on Thursday. He’s facing charges of attempted murder, felon in possession of a firearm and shooting or throwing a deadly missile. North Miami Beach police said the shooting happened just after 4:22 a.m. Monday at

A Florida man received life in prison Friday morning after killing his pregnant stepmother over five years ago, according to the State Attorney’s Office. The attack happened in March 2019, Ian Magnus Anselmo, 26, strangled his stepmother at the Greenwood Cemetery in Lake County. Afterward, officers received a 911 call and when they arrived, they found the stepmother bleeding in her car with a cord draped over her shoulder, the release shows. Despite attempts to save her life, the stepmother

A deputy rescued a man after coming across a truck fire on his way to work. While on his way to work on October 13, a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputy came across a burning truck on the southbound shoulder of I-95 near Becker Road in Port St. Lucie while on the way to work. Though a shocking scene, Deputy Crafa pulled his patrol vehicle to the scene of the single-vehicle crash. At the same moment, the passenger of the

A 14-year-old student from Palm Beach Lakes High School was arrested on Friday in connection to a shooting that injured an 11-year-old boy. The West Palm Beach Police Department (WPBPD) said the teenage boy was arrested on school grounds after detectives determined the student was the person who pulled the trigger. Following an investigation, detectives said the victim was sitting on a couch inside a home in West Palm Beach when the gun went off across the room on October 14.

Two people were taken into custody and a third was being sought after a shooting in a Hialeah neighborhood on Friday. Hialeah Police officials said they received several 911 calls about shots being fired in the area of W. 54th Street and 21st Court. Officers responded and set up a perimeter after witnesses told them they saw three males run from the scene on foot. Two of the males were detained but the third couldn’t be found. Police said bullet

Photo by: Apopka Police Department Apopka police are looking for a Ford Mustang that investigators say was involved in a hit-and-run crash in September. Officers are also hoping to identify the tow truck that hauled the Ford away, the police department said on social media. The crash occurred Sept. 17 on Main Street in downtown Apopka, the post states. Included photos depict a dark-in-color Mustang — with what appears to be lighter-in-color racing stripes on the hood — being towed by

A man was shot early Thursday morning behind a Miami Gardens supermarket, prompting a police investigation that led to the arrest of a 27-year-old woman, authorities confirmed Friday. Miami Gardens police said officers responded to a call around 4:10 a.m. after receiving reports of a man being shot at the rear parking lot of the Winn-Dixie at 17221 NW 27th Ave. The victim, who has not been identified, was found with gunshot wounds to his head and left shoulder, according

Photo by: Hillsborough County Fire-Rescue Firefighters were called to a scrap yard in Tampa after debris caught fire early Friday morning. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue said they received multiple 911 calls reporting heavy smoke and flames at Scrap King, located at 5020 Dover Street, around 6:21 a.m. When crews arrived, they found multiple large piles of scrap material engulfed in flames across the property. Firefighters were able to get the fire under control in under an hour. There were no